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Foot out of the Snare:
WITH
A DETECTION OF
S V N D R Y LATE
prac5liccs and Impoftures of the
Triefls and Je/uits in England.
Whereunto is added a Catalogue of
/uch boof^s as in this Authors l^oi^ledge
haue been vented within twoyeeres laft
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By Iohn GfiH, Mafter of Arts, of £x^^-ColIcdge
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at his fhop at the great South doore of
Pauls, 1524.
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THE MOST REVE-
rend Father in God, the Lord Arch-
Bifbop of Canterbury his Grace, and to
the reft of the Reuerend Lords Spiritually
and the right honourable the Lords Temporal ^
as alfo to the nioft Worthy and Religious
Knights and Biirgc^/Ies of thehoufc of Com-
mons, all now aflembled in rhishappy Parlia-
ment'^l.G.an vnwfirthy Mimjler fifthe Church^prefu-
m(tht& dedicate thisemdenceofhis refenUnce^and
declaration of his beftendeuoursfor -
the.Churchof £;?^^fW> .
^T is the faferie of a Ship^ to
^^^1 fC^^ haue good Tilots ; the ftrength
' ^M& ^^^ "P^l^ce, to haue fure Ttllars^^
(^'v^'^^fi^ifeSS) the fecuritie of the hodie , to
haue cleare eyes . and fafe-guard ofJJ^eepe^
to haue vigilant Shep.heards : So it is the
A I fafetj
Pro.
^heSpillle 'Dedicatory,
^/^fety of a Qountrey ^ and f^f^g^rd of a
F^tn^dome , to haue many wife and
watchful! Qouyijellors. Wee neiier had
greater realon to bleffe GOD, then in
contemplation of the prefent time,in the
perfe(5l vifion of fo many principal!
Planets now met together in happy Q)n^
iunEllon : fuch a Kjn^^ fuch a Tnnce^ fuch
Honourable Senators , fuch ^fstftants.
Tl^e eare that hear eth you ^ hlejfeth you:
and the eye that feeth you , ^iues witnejfe
toyou. The hlef sing of Her that l^as ready
to perijh ^ is come njponyou. Vnder your
fliadowwee are much refrefhed. The
God of bleising difpofe of your Coun-
faile. Wee waitefor you ^a^ for the rameiand
our mouthes are openedl^ide^ a^for the latter
raine. Ita quifque vt audit, mouetur.
I need not, neither were it lefle then
boldnefle and prelumption in me (Right
honourable ) to fuggeft vnto you, of
what weight and confequcnce tho(e af-
faires are, which hisMaiefty hath been
gracioufly plea(ed to refcrre to your ioynt
confideration andaduice : neither need
I repeat^how deeply you arc all intereflcd
here-
The Epiflh Dedicatory.
herein : you reiierendS//7?o^y,by your la-/
cred profefsion • you the Noble baronage
of this Reahne^by your military honour,
alwaiespreft and ready for the defence of
Religion and of this Kingdom, againft
open Inuaders^or iecret vnderminers ^and
I you the Reprefentatiue ^ody of the Qom-
j mons^ in regard of the hbertie of the Sub-
j ie£t 5 but moft of all^thc free courie of the
I Golpel without impeachment:by whom
jisnotonely reprefented, but alfo adua-
I ted ; the defire andzeale of the body of
j this kingdom^being a people true-harted^
1 and feruent toward God in thepuritieof
I his worfhip ; towards our Soueraigne^ in
I the ftedfaftnefle of obedience,- and to-
I wards the LaT^es^ in wiflhes and hopes
that they fliall dream forth 7notu naturally
j in their owne courfe^ without diuerfion
orobftrudiion;
But you being at this time implbyed
about fo weighty affaires , how may I^
the mcaneft of the fonnes ofmy^ Mother ^
prefume to interrupt you ? Are there not
the Chariots of I/rat I ^ and the horfemen of
the fame ? Doe the Lords battaiks want
The Stifle Dedicatory.
i^^.
fupply? whence fliould it be expecSted but
from them ? But I may fay^wich £p/fle-
ttis : Your hand euer holdeth an equall ha^
lance ^ani your Sun Jhineth alike on thepoore
and rich. It may be^, one Scout may vpon
occafionheare& know what an whole
Army hath no prefent notice of.
True it is, ( and why fhould I now be
afhamed to manifeft it to fuch an Affem-
bly ? ) ^neutllajtdfcandakus report is gone
forth ofmee^ in regard I was the man that
was prefent at the lefuite Drury his Ser-
mon at t\\c ^lack-Fryers. I was the fame
day in the fore-noone at the ser-
mon at ^auls'QroJJe: and Hghting vpon
fome Popifli company at dinner, they
were much magnifying the' laid Vrury^
who was to preach to them in the after-
noone. The ample report which they af-
forded him^ preferring him far beyond
any of <-he Preachers of our Church , and
deprcfsing and vihfying the Sermons at
Tauls-Qro/Je^ in regard of him , whetted
my defire to heare his (aid Sermon : to
which I was conducted by one Medcalfe .
a Trieji. This being heard of by my Lord ,
jirchA '
^he Epiflle Dedicatory.
^nhMJhop of (Canterbury his Grace , hce
fent for mee within few daics after ,• and
being before him^found mee indining to
their fide. Ilaydopenrny felfevnto him,
and confeffed I had feme fcruples in ReH-
gion.Wherupon it pleafed his Grace to af-
ford me his holy counfell and monition :
which had that good efFe<51:, that albeit
my foot was ftept into the Babylonian pit,
yet I often meditated of his Fatherly ad-
monitionsSom other fpeeches I receiued
from his Domcftique Chaplains^D.Go^^
and D.Featly : for which I flhall be bound
euer to pray for them : their words left
aculeos et fiimulos . Fade et nepecca amplhis^
C^c.piercing me tne more, being recorded
in a publicke narration: which,my check-
ing confcience did iuftly take for an in-
ditement to conuidtme^ &: aTrum.pet to
reduce me.L/^e the Trodi^all^I now returne
home with a Teccaui in my heart, mouth
andpen,toGod and our blefled Mother
the Church o( England : to both I [ay^Tec-
I caui contra coelmn et te.
Thereafbnwhylprefiimed to prefent
thefe lines to your view, and offer them
A a - to
The Spijlle T)eciicatory.
to your hands-^leemeth to nie iuft^bccaufe
fincerc . and cxcufable^ becaufe in fome
fort neceflary, in that the vaftnefTe of my
fault requirechj forafmuch as from my
acquaintance on the left fide, I can expert
little lelTe then indignation and machi-
nations againft mee by them . whc^m,
partly by my relincjuiniment ofthem^but
much more by difclofing fome of their
proceedings, lam like to prouoke in a
lighdegreeritbehouethme therefore to
chufe (lich Refuge, as may proted: mee a-
gainft their malice. I haue touched (in a
manner) nothing elfe but the behauiour
of the Priefts; whereto^ I might haue ad-
ded ibraewhat of my owne knowledge,
concerning the infinuations & incroach-
mentsvfed by thofe of that ftamp, who
profeffe phyfick : Who, whatfocuer
they doe vnto the bodies, infufe into the
mindes of many the Kings Subie(5ls,bit-
ter diftempers ; whereby thofe pati-
ents tongues diftafte the wholfome lood
of our Church, and their hearts are ftric-
ken with antipathy againft our prelent
State.But thefe things I thought fitter for
your
^he Spijlle Dedicatory.
your Wildomcs to cure, then for my
weakncfle to declare; my intent in this
Treatife, hauingbeene to ad: the part of
vnmasking the vailed fraud of thelefuits
&c Priefts: wherin if you fomtimes diflike
the ftile, condemn not me for a botcher:
for;, their Stories I alter not a flitch, but
giue you the lapt vp in their own clouts.
if the forme and phrafe I vfe in other
places bee diftaftfuli^as either too fharp,
or too light and Ironicall for one of my
profefsion 5 let my matter bee my Aduo-
cace^^thatdraweth mce thereunto ; truf-
ting, that I may be excufed, if I fometime
light my candle at the Torch of H/^^^,
when he findged and Imoaked out l^aals
Trie/Is from theneftoftheSanftuary. I
ieftbutattheiriefting, that haue made a
ieftof God^ and of his blelled Saints in
heauen, by caftingvpon their mofl: pure
and glorious faces,thecloud,nay, the dirt
and dung of vgly, vnfauory , ridiculous
Fables : whereat the founder Chriftians
are Icandalized;; wherewith the weaker
are deluded & captiuated in fuperftirion^
and thcYQi'Y lewes &c Heathen are driuen
A a 2 f urcher
J
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The Spijiie Vedicatcry.
further ofFfrom liftningvnto the true &
facred Myfteries of Chriftian Religion.
For furely,no fmall mifchiefe or danger is
itvntolriuhjtohaue her precious gar-
ment eekcd out with patches of falfe-
hood, andjVpo^ pretence ofimbeUifli-
ment, to bee dawbed ouer with the cop-
per-embrodery of cogginglmpof lures.
In regard of my own particular ; here-
by I hope,! iTiali regaine that good opini-
on which I haucloft , and no longer bee
cenfured bymy friends and others, as at
all wauering,incHning and warping to-
ward their fide : yet withall^^you haue the
Charadcr of mine hart,toward the pub-
lickegood of ourChurch and Common-
wealth. I fay no more, but God giue you
vnderftanding in all things, ^de on f^tth
your honours; and^ becaufe of the Word
of Truth y bee courageous and ftout
Nehemiahs. SuchamanasJ^flee? 'ISleheml
6.11 . The deaw of Gods grace bee
vpon you and your children. And thus,
with my vncffTant prayers for you, I reft,
Th^ nioft humble feruant of you all^ to bee
commanded in the Lord,
loHN Gee.
FOOT OVTOF
The Snare.
Aint \^ugujline reports, that e-
ucn in the Pritnitiue Church ,
and in thofc better times, the
Diucll was become both Le^
Aferte f Miens ^ ^ Draco occfltii&
wjidiam: by o]pQn and outra-
geous cruelty , hee ftewed
himfelfe^Z/^/i^and, by his fecrccpoifoning of
Reh'gion,^ Bngm, Yet his malicious power was
curbed, and himfelf bound in chains forathou-
fandyeers: fothat5notwithfl:anding all his fub-
tilty. Truth , like a Palwetree^ flouri/hedj and
Cbrift's CrofiTe, like Aar0m R^d^did blofTomjand
bring forth much fruir. But now the old Serpent
is let loofe, and of late yecrs hath a(5led both the
B Lm
DfiJ.i,
T!?e Foot out of the Snare .
Gen.54.a
I Kings 1 1.4
Pral.iii.x
Gcn,4^
Lm and the Dr^^t?^ without reflraint; both by
policy and puifv'nce, ftudying to exringuifli the
light of the iTrM/A. Neither haue his atrempts been
eftcftleffe : for^what by Magogs fvpord In the Eaft,
and Gogs vfurped Keyes in the Weft, hee hath dii-
uen Truth^Wk^a Doue,into the holes of the rocks,
and baniflied Faiih in many places from among
men. .
In Reformed Churches (cfpecially in our
Church o? England) Gods ikfifrr;' hath fupperted
his Truth.cuQn amidfl: the flacknes and carelefnes
of the Profeflbrs themfelues t.whirftyetfome,
like Dmab the daughter of /Jctf^,hauc loft their
yirginity^l m^an^pr/ma^ei puramjidem^ their firft
faith^ hy going Abroid^ And haue returned home im-
pure, Some^ like Salomons of^tlandf(hwomen^baue
hrought-inoutlandf/^ Religion. Many at home, in
ftead ofthe^oiceo/the Faithfully Come^ let vsgo^p
into the H&ufe of the Lord^ fay among themfelues,
^Sl^'vs go /vp to Bethel^ and trangreffe to Gilgal^^and
multiply tranfgref tons. So that, our Countrey,
which ought to bee euen and vrnform-c, i% now
made like a piece of Arras,, full of ftrange formes
and colours. But what is^che reafon f Befides the
drowzinefle of many Luke'Warm Gofpellers ^thcre
is a vigilant Tribe (I mean, the Emijfdries ofRome^
and Tabors for the Papacy^ ^ who Are like ^nto Dan,
and are a^ an Adder mw'epath^ rphich bites the horfe^
mdtnakes the Kider to fall h^ckippard. They make
them, whonithey c^n gctf to wprk vpon by their
pcrAviaiioiis, td bec&beuVt'ife^radCj^^ the
Church i
T7;e Foot out of the Snare.
C^wnchoi Efkefuiytoleatte their firfi loue^ and be-
come Apoftatcs in matters of orthodox Chrifti-
anity. Eafily can they Hcalcawsty the hearts ef the
weaker fort ;and fecrctly do they creep into hou-
ses,/^4^/>i;^r<?/^i/^^7iw/'/f women ba^en with Jinnes^
and led away with diuerfe iufis.
Strange indeed ix. is to confider, how Thdt
Wolf'bredznd WoIf-brceding E^mt^lusdoxh daily
fend-ouer his rauening brood oi lejmtes Sc Priejlsy
to make hauock & fpoil5& to conclude a bloudy
Cataftrophe to a dircfull Tragedy, Jftam ^in-
Jlant^ 'vt Hannibal adfortas: nay, like Brennus snd
his Gaules , they haue not oncly furprized our
Suburbs, but almoft taken our Capitol.
Gain per dumos aderant^ arcemg, tenebant^
Befenfitenebrk ^ dono no^is opacd :
The Gaules came ftealing-in by night through
the Thickets: fothefeBats, in the Cwi-li^ht of
our fecurity, creep vpon \Sydefen(itembris.lihQy
finde^perhapSjamong vs ap^ night of negligence
and drowzinefTe : but they bring-on a greater
night, by the thick cloud and fogge of fupci ftiti-
ons and forgeries -wherein they enwrap them-
felucs5and would enftarc vs ^ who if they ihould
go on to the height of their hopes, what may
weeexpe(S,but <vtnotent ^ dejignent oculis adcA-
dsm "vnumquemqs nojlrHm^ ^d Did they nor long
fiiice. Yikcthe/mnes of Eeltal^ not onely caft off
the yoke of obedience, with s Nolumm hunc reg-
nare^Lukei9A^. but euen clothe themfelues in
the robes of rebellion, with a Venite ^ occidamtu ^
B 2 Luke
3
ipOC.2
aSam,i5.(J
2 Tim ^.6
Bren,
Virgil.
Catelin.
Gun-powder
Trcafon.
The Foot out of the Snare.
Lt$kc20.i^i Wicnefle one inccation of theirs,
wiiich rauft neuer be forgotten. And therefore,*
noc without iufl cauf?, hius chey been of late
put in rainde of a fscond refle(Sing Tragedy j
which met fo right with the{n,that well were it,
if they coald apply it to thcmfelues, according
^tgthe.fenfe.of our Sauiour's words (which haue
'^been by diuerfe of my friends rung in mine ears,
'^andltruftl (hillftill ponder of and remember
them), f^4i/^5 (^nipecci smplm^ne detcrim contingat
tthi: Stnns n& mi>re^ UH a w^r/i thing hafptn vnio
thee. And fare, formy ovvne particular, I make
fuch application, and will euerconfider, that I
had a faire warning ta come out from among them *^
non tampede^ ^uampeciore ^ non timgrAdibm^ qudm
dff'e5ltbus ^ noc fo much in motion^as in afFecftion j
leaning them to their fuperftirious deuotions,
and neuer more partaking with them in any their
abominations, .
B lit, omne beneficium petit officium ras in morali-
ty cuery benefit is obIigatory,and bindes to fomc
rhankfullduty ;fo more efpecially in Diuinity,
the wonderf uU works of God, extended to all '\x\
general,ortoany one man in particular,?n regard
of fpeciall proteftion, doo. bijnde to a duty of
Thdnkfgmmg.
Though I haue long runne vpon the fcore,and
hitherto yeelded to Jngratitade^that crafty Sinon^
ro keep the dooreofmy lips, fo that I haue nei-N
.jher difcharged my c&nfcience towardGcdor m&7^
yet will latJaft, with ihQaUneLepeK^ returntogi'^
pralfec
- • — — — ■ 1. m ^■••■■iw^^^^^——
77?^ Foot out of the Snare.
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pmfe* And furcly,of thofe that efcapcd che dan-
ger of the Black-friers (^n Accident for which I
haue been much noted, and often pointed ar),
none hath greater caufc to offer the calues of his
lfs^2i grateful! Sacrifice vntothe Almighty,then
my felf For, as my efcape was not thecafieft;fo
my ^^/i'5thegreateft : whereof, one raooueth
me :o cemfun5iion 5 the otbef, to grdtufathn. Being
inthemidftof theRoumethatfell, and though
that smnescirct^mjl antes ^3l\ (in a maner) that flood
about mc,pcriflicdin thatcalamity^and I inuol-
ued in the down-fall, and falling, being couered
with the heaps of rubbifliand dead carcafes^ yet
itplcafedGodtohaftcnmyEfcapc5beyond my j
! ownc expe(Sation and humane vnderftanding.
] Surely, when I record this common down-fall,
which wounded others vnto death, and meebut
vnto affright, I cannot but ftrike my brcft, and
look vp into heauen, or rather with the Publican^
down to the eatth, and fay, What was there, or
is there in me^ miferable man, that the band of
God fliould ftrike fo many on my right hand and
lefr.^and yet oucrpafTewf.^ Surely I was no Lot^
to efcapc out of burning Sedem • no Noah^ to bee
preferuedin a gencrall Deluge. If the load of
finne prcfTed them down that fell (alas ! farre be
it from mc to haue vncharitable conceit of their
perfons), that waight fliould haue funkw^^thcn
deeper than any of them, not oncly to the
ground, but vnder ground, to hell it felf. But
our good Godis Mafter of his ownc woik, and
B 5 free!
Tl^e Foot out of the Snare.
Pfal.iip.
free Lord Of his ownc mercies. Hce befto vveth
them where there can bee no plea of merit. He
fpared to crop raeeinthcftrengthofmy youth,
inthemidft of my wandring vanities, inthea^a
of my bold curiofity. Hec hath prolonged my
daies, that my heart may be inlarged in thankful-
ncfle to his glorious Name ; that my feet might
bee inlarged , to walk the way of h't$ CommandementS'^
that my eyes & vnderftanding might be opened,
to takea full view of humane frauds^adulterating
his truth^and fo to abhor them. Doth not he that
hath plucked my feet out of the fnare^and dcliue-
rcdmefromtbis/«^^^;;^^4^^ (againft which our
Church hath taught meto pray), deferue now to
be praifed, toto'voto^tota vitd^ totofe^ore^totohomi'
ne-^m al my life5with all my foule, and with all my
felfe i Yes fure^ I will euer take the Cup offalmti-
en^andcallvp&nhis Name.l will not ceafe to pay my
rvowes'vmo him ^'m dQfY^i^ht oi Qux fpirituall Ad-
^ubU{h//tht ' u^f^^ri^> ^^ ^^y '^is Aduocates. It becommeth well
writing\s a { theiufitobee thankfulU For others that efcaped, I
wifti they would not fbprefumptuoufly tempt
God, as fome of themjWhom I haue heard re-
pine, becaufe they had not a fliare in this {la»3gh-
ter. And what is the reafon foifoothc'Becaufe
cuerfincethat accident befell, at all the places
about the City of Z^Wii?;?,where Priefts are har-
bored, which are not few ( there beeing at this
prefcnt,to my knowledge, more then two hun-
dred of them, within the City andSuburbes),
afrcreueryil/^ of theirs, the Priefl or Clarke
ftarteth
monument of
my thank'
fulnefle.
T7;e Foot out of the Snare.
ftarteth vp prefently vpon the henedi^ion^znd
calleth aloud vnro the people, to fay three Pater- '
mjlersy and three Aue-wariesfor thefouksofthofe
thatdiedat Black-Friers, So tbatthey think it can-
not otherwife chufc, but thattheirfoulesmuft
bebythistimeinhcauen. And fure Co think I,
or elfe they will neuer come thither. For oczroc^riy
a mod&Jorthwith^ blejfed Are the dead that dye inths
Lord: thej rejifrovj their labors^ ^c. Bo»a msrsiujli^
propter requiem i^mslior ^propter nouttatem*^ optima^
propterfecuritatem^ faith Saint Bernard. Death is
cobecdefired, in regard of the reft, repofe^and
tranquillity^wherewirh it is immediatly accom-
panied : but in the Priefts ereded Purgatory,
duramecommoratiOfU ^xhQXQ is nothing but torture
and torment to be expccfled. •
I cannotjbut.by the wayvtell you of ona that ve-
ry narrowly efcaped thcdanger of 5/^r/(r-Fr/Vr55&
accompanied me that night to my Lodging : his
name was Parker ^ont that had becnelong a 7>4-
der^ndFa^or for the Papacie beyond the feas.
Hee told mee by the way, that nothing grieucd
him more, then that hee had notbecneoneof
thofe that dyed by the afore-faid mifchance.
I What fhould make him fo prodigall of his life ,
Iknow not: butfure,not long after, the Powers
diuine cut the thred of his daies : for, t'uc wecke
following, heebeeing the man that muft carry
the newes oucr the feas to Doway^ and going then
to take Prieftly Orders, there beeing need of a
fupplyjF.i^r/yr^, V.Redyate^ and one F. Moore^
beeing
Rcucl.
Bern.E///?.
log.
Suarez to*^
.tni
8
The Prouerb
is>Hcethat
was borne to
be drowned^
&c.
uid.
Cilmti. itijlit.
Eufeb.
lohn 17. 1 1.
mt I I. 11 -an I — K— — — .^M^^M
The Footout of the Snare.
beeingfo vncxp'^dcdly, as they tcarmc it^war"
tyred • at Lonion bridge^zx. his very fii ft fctting for-
vjzxd^M.PAfker wasdrowncdjwith akinfwoman
of his, bound for BriJJils^ihziQ to take on her the
habit of a I^unne. I will not comment vpon thefe
difaftcrSjknowingjthat Cod refcruestohimfelFc
three things • The reuenge $f Jniuries^ The gUryof
deeds^The Judgement affecrets. ^£ Det^s acculta ejfe
'volniti nonfuntfcruundd : quxautem mawfefiafecit^
nonfunt negUgendA\ ne etenim in illh illkite cumji^ et
in his damn Abutter inuentAmttr ingrati.
I williudgcof my ovvnecaufc, and conclude,
t hat t h e Mercy ofGedwas fifUrger extent to weejthen
any other. None had prouoked him, or tempted
him more: and therefore, where^^;;;^<f^^««^^^,
there the mercy of God hath abounded much more. He
is, w»A«/4rf/^»^W«w,according to the Vulgar
Lacine^and hecaufe ofjtnners^ hejhallbe called merci-
fall. Butwhy fhould I hauc cntred into the houfc
ofiJ/wAw^/ijOrhaue partaken with the abomina-
tion of the erA/7^rr;;^L^«i«^^;if Why fliould
I, that knew my owne Fathers Courts^ hauc gone
into the houfc of a fir anger 1 Curiojity^m thefe
kindcSyCannot excu/e. Beemt deceiued^ Godmllnot
bee mocked. It is dangerous with Ecebolius to bee
troden vnder foot as 'vnfauory fait. How great
was his glory ! how infinite his beauty abouehis
felloippes^vfho could fay vnto his Father 5 Thofethat
thougaueftme, hauelkept^ and none of them is lojl^ but
the cbilde ofperMtion. Holy Father^ keepe them in thy
name euen them whom thou ha(l giuenmee^ that they
may be one^ as I am I And
The Foot out of the Snare.
V
And Jec nice hereadmonifii allfuchas are fa-
cile to y celd vn to Pi?pifj perfwajim^ and are ready
to take vp the old faying of the Chald€es^Hcmoqui'
dam ex luddih ^enit^ Sacerdos^ neutiquam dccifUt nos:
Such 4 Priejl will not decciue vs. Sure, none fbo-
ner, though they windc asclofc as luy abouta
tree, and foinfinuate, as ihty fuck no fhialUdtian'
tage. They perfvvade, that their houfes are the.
houfesofcke-yXh^li houfiiolds^r^^ houjIMs of One-
Jifhorus. But truftyou no fuchvndci mining //-
/j»//^/;beIeeueyou not any ohhok oyly-mouthed
Abfolons^ though they fpeakeplaufible things, to
ftcaleaway your hearts from GodsTrjitth^and the
Kings obedience-^ crying as lowd, 7he Church of
Rome^ as eucr the lewes did, Tewflum Domim^
TemplumDominiyTheTewfleof the Lord* Let them
not,with their golden Caiues reared at Dan and Be-
the] 3 keepe you from goingtoferue God at lerufalem.
Let them not bring you out of lone with your
Dauid^ your Gouernour^ and true Bather^ or with
our Orthodox &Rcuerend Church of ^/sg^/W,
your Mother, Let them not intrench you with
their falfe & lying Fables; the moft of which you
cannot be fo abfurd and dull, but to conceiue
andconfefTejthat they arc forgeries, and meere
fopperies. Weigh but fbme of them in the ba-
lance ofyour vnderftandfngjwhich in this poore
work ofmiue, our of their modcrnc Authors, I
haue truly collc(Sed,qi.otcd, & rccircd^and you
willfindc,that,according to the old plain verfe,
^i leuiter credu^deceptusf£pe recedk.
C All
Md.c/tn.'m he,
com.
2. Tim. 4,1^.
Ief.7.14.
i.Kins:.i2.28,
10
Gen.sf.i2'.
PfaL^r-
I7?e Foot out of the Snare.
All that they ftudy, isbut Impofture and Le-
gerdemAme. They will perchance tell you of
thdv&nCt Orders-^ that they are nligtousmenM
the focieiy oflefui^ BettediSians^ Prancifam^x^uguf
tines^Bermrdmes^K^nmiam^loamttesfArthujiAns^
PrAmonfirAUnUms^Ci^crtUns^ and the like ; that
they hauc diftincS habits and cuftomes, differing
one from another \ that they prof efTe perpctuall
chaftiryjobedience, and wilfull pouerty^and liue
for the mofl: part a folitajry life, and thence called
Monks, Oh bcleeue them not : they haue EfAus
handsy though lacsbs 'voice: notwithftanding all
their faire pretexts and fliewes, they are but as
tinkling cymlal^Andgreene bay-trees^w h creun to Da-
»/^compares the wicked. The P^/^ difpenfeth
with any thing heere, while they be in our King-
dom.Their/^^/^/^r^is turn'd into plentyrtheir C/74.
(iity becomes charity,for the relieuing collapfed
Ladies wants: their Friers coat is a Gold-laced
Suit, to hide their iuggling knauery, and keepe
thcmvnknownejWhcn they are drunke in good
company- which is not feldome with them, as
my felfc hauc feene in fufficient ouerflowing
meafurCjhaumgbeene their companion adhiU-
ritate^'y but I proteft,neuer/«daf(f^n>/4/^«i,But thin-
king, a faire outfide at the i^ltar (hall mend all,
to tempr you to their JdoUtry. xhcy will fhew you
their Bijh^ps and Pr/^i?/ offering vp the Sacrifice
of the i\/^^, attired in holy r^/^^^/jCommanded
(as they fay) by a facred Synod^ which for their
perfeifiion are borrowed out of the Z4»' ofMofes.
I
, The Foot out of the Snare.
I am not fo Angularly conceited and fantaf-
tick, as to think^that it is not expedient for a Mi-
nifter of the Chriftian Churchjby his decent ha-
bit to bee diftinguiflied from the people, and ad-
orned with fome facred fignilicant Robe^in the
funiilion and adion of prefcnting publick pray-
ers vnto GodjOr executing the facred Myfteries
inftitutcd by our Sauiour^toindurc^^s/r^^wwi-
tmemmundi* Buttoinucnt and multiply vnde-
cent and theatricall habitSjburthenfome in num-
ber, fuperfluous in fignification, and fuperftiti-
ous in opinion offancftity, this may bee the ipxO"
per dower ofiW<?/ferjR^wtf, rather then the i^edutji
cf the Kings Daughter^ 'wh is nil glorms within.
What a Wardrope of habiliments and idle
complements, doth the fuperftitious ts^Vf^i^^g
Pr/<r/?beare about him I the Amice^ the long Albe^
the GirdU^ the Stole^thQ Maniple^ the Cajlula^ the
Napkin ot Sudary, common to inferiour Priefts •
befidcs the Sandals^ the purple Cdat with wide
flceucs, the Ghues^thc Ring^the PallovCope^xht
Crouer Stafe^ a chaire (landing neerc the iyiltar:
the laft fort of which, are more proper to the Bi"
[hops.ThePope (by the donation of the Emperor
CenHamine the Great ) weareth, in the Celebra-
tion of the Majfe, all the Robes vfed by the Empe-
rors of i?^»*^ 5 as,the «y^4r/<rr CoAty the fhon purple
Cloake^ the Scepter^^nd the Triple Diadem^^nd wi^ h
thefc hce is arrayed in the y^ejlry. Sure I am,
that our Sauiour and his Apoltles, when they
preached and baptiz^ed, h^d other kindc of accoutre-
ments, C 2 They
II
^3^
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X
Raban.//^. rJe
They boaft much of their propitiatory Sam-
fice of the Ma/fe^ which the Dehors of their
Church hold fit to bee faid in no other Lan-
guage then in Latine; yea5i?4^4/;«^3uerreth3that
it is no leflethen Sacriledge^io think of changing
it into another Tb;ig</^, which the people can vn-
derftand. Now their common anfw^r for the
peoples not vndcrftanding their publickpray-
erSjhath hcenc^That the Priejl ^who pronounccth
rhena^doth vnderftainii them : but many of their
Priejls cannot themfelues interpret thofe very
prayers which they powrefoorth for the peo-
ple. ThoMaJJe-B^fik^^s it is Latin torher/^^^r^fo
it is Greek to the Frieji:md how Prayers <vnderJlcod
neither by the ^/;^ northei?^i^r5f]iould be other
then A dead Sacrifice^ I cannot vnderflandjeuen by
their owne7>;^^/?/i.Saint PW^i.C^;^. i4,i^.fpea*
king oi orx^^umffipplet l&cum idwtA^ furcly inten-
dedjthat in the Church there fhould be at leaft
one who fliould bee of an higher forme then
Jdiota 5 butjfor ought I lee, fome of their Priefti
muft bee content in their tM4/^,to a<a two parts
in one; both of the Guide^znd ohh^ldwte. For
I am fure/ome ofthem whom Ihaue met withall
in this Kingdom, when I hage fpoken Latine to
thcm^they hauc not bccne able to diftinguifli
whetheritvvere IrlJhoxlVelJIj, Oncoftheir wood-
dea Dolors I will names called Courtney^ whom I
met withall in LAncdfhire : he was very bufie tal-
king, that none cnuMefmid xvitkoHt hemn^ -^^^*sf^;
and t hat Chrift and his ^pojlles rfient vp ami drn^ne
Tl:>e Foot out of the Snare.
3
frying Maffi^ in all VilUgesmi Coumri^s.h.nd I af-
kcd hirrijhow he prooued that tf He could name
no Scripture or Aucbor^but told me, Hebadread
it in a Book^zud^ percciuing mc fmile, faid, It was
ix\7heReuelationofSaimlo\\n» Hearing his An-
fwer to this, I asked him another ^^i^;;, which
was, What might be meant by the words fo of-
ten vfed together in the Maffe.Kirie Elei/on^chrifte
EUifon, Kiri€l.Ieifon. He told me^ The word Kirie
{\gv\i^^dThc Ilolf-^and Eleifon^ Chrijl. No mar-
uell now, that they maintaine Ignorance to bee
tho. Mother of Deuotion^ the old Prouerb beeing
ft ill truCjthat They haue golden Chalices^bui woodden
PrieJls!TdMv\g another time in London with an-
other Brother cf his^ one Bather Medcalf, who
lycs at 4 TobaccO'Jh^fin Shco-lane^l asked him,why
he could not pray without a Pi^ure^ He replied.
How can you vnderftandwhu manner offnan ChriFf
is, hut by feeing him? or any Saint J?uthy their Viciuref
or hoiv can you pray without a PiS^ure^ but your minde
mil be carried fome other waylThcn thought I vpon
that fentencc of F//i^<f;9////y, Ita facile pojf it chr if-
turn comprehendere^quemtota terra nequu apprehen-
dere* So cafy was it with him to comprehend
Chriftj whom the whole world cannot appre-
hend. Togoc on with their abfurdities.*0/7i?F.
Leech4/^/f//Vtf,whowrotcihcbookcalled£ar4;?-
gelicallcounfailes, told mee beeing with him in
j Chriftmas Jaft, That if any but heare Maffe^ andafter
\ hearing, be fpr inkle d with holy water ^ andhjje the
friefis garment^ hee could not coramitxmi day any /
C 3 monall\
Fulgent.'.
H
The Propitia-
tor,/?^^. 74. y$d.
Vitz-Sim.in {in,
cjtdt.in d/uer/,
he.
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Ladantins.
Auguitine.
Bernard.
Cretenf. in
Na2.o^'/<^4-
Acl.ApQ/i.
mfirtAUJi^ne^JimAxime velit^ though hce would
neuer fo fain. Which indeed, though very grofle
and abfurd,is no leffe than fome of their Writers
auouch.
O how doo they lead along poor filly foules
into the gulf of deftrudion, by telling thcra,
fuchandfuchfinnesarcbut vernal ^ drmkimejfe^
lying, fwearing.^nd (vpon occzCion) ffirfwearing^
hut venial Jimes! whereas no fins are lefler than
the point of thofe thorns that pierced the head
of Chrift :pr0qmymAl?lf4endis^faHgttis Cbrilii ef-
fufta-^ for the wafhing away of which, Chrift
(hcd drops of bloud in the garden, and opened
thefpoutsof bloud on the CrofTe. Our finnes,
in Scripture, are compared vnto fands; which
are very fmall, confidering them feuerally, and
yet the greatcft fhippe is fwallowcd vp of them
quickly. Eucry Jinne^ in its owne nature, hath
ihcjiing of A Viper ^Ani doth xoound vs mortAlly : yea,
the leAjl Jiff, legally confidered, is dAmnahle-^ though
euAngeltcAlly^ the great efl of all is pardonable. Inex-
cufAbtliseft^mnisfeccAtor^'velre^noriginis^ faith S.
Augujline. And, PArentes antefecerunt dammtum^
quam natum^ faith Bernard, And fo I conclude
with Elias Cretenjts his words : ExfeccAtifumo^or-
tdfuntlachryma.
Z;w^, in fome cafes, the Papifts hold not one-
lytobeenofinne,buttobeelawfull:and a man
m^y forfvpeare himfclf before Authority fome-
times, nay, ought to doo fo, vnder pAtn ofdAmnA-
tion. Wimes their Notes vpon the RhemiJlsJefta^
ment^
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15
MCfJtjiind diucrfe their Books. According to the
Kuh of the FarthJdffs^ they will keep faith with
nonc^mfi quaff fum expedite but as it ferucs their
turn. As tor Oaths^ to the moft of them, they are
r>o other than Collars for Munkies-^ which, vpon
difpenfation of Supcriours, they flip off their
necks at their pleafure- efpecially if they be fuch
State-Papijls as haue been infpired with lefuitical
Equiuocations and mentall Euafions : whom a
Reuerend Father of oux Ch\xxchdo:\\ blazon our
by their true Epithets, and Enfignes of their Fa-
mily^ftilingthem ao-Ts-ovcA^gjase^^^Sc? oi(^cpi^/<^g, cA/-
-y^ofT^cjcA^uR^Cjthe falfeft cozeners ofthe world;
ic ^tI €(i)^oc iiim^ irri tt/Vjc? i^l o^koc, with whom no
bond of nature, confanguinicy, allegeance, alli-
ance^affiancej wedlock. Oath, Sacrament, flan-
dethgood,iftheylifttodifrolueit. Dif terra^U-
lemterris auenite pesiem : O yee^^i^of the earth,
purge this Region of theaire, as much as in you
iiethjOfthefepcftilent exhalations. This 1 the
rather obferue out of his Writing,bccaufe it fee-
mcth to mee, to bee fpoken not oncly r^wrally^ at
large, vpon gcnerall experience of their dealing,
butalfo (in a fort) prophetically^ as by a kinde of
fore-inftind ; implying, that himfeIf,though not
in life, yet in death, fhould not be free from this
their audacious forgery.
Let me proceed to a further furuay of their
do<firine and religion, and acquaint you with
whatlfindetrue by my owne experience. Sure
I amjChat the Papifl:s,by diuers their Impoftures,
haue
D.?C?w^,Bifl-iOp
of London,
Pfal.Sa.^
Imeane^tbe
monftrous Ly
tearmedby
them. The Bi-
fliop oiLonden
his Legacy.
The Foot out of the Snare.
^d Vine
coni.de Im/tg^
VcaTq./. i,de4-
dortit,dff/;,i[c,^4
Dailies Cdtec.
f Age 117.
haucraoredifhonoured Cbrift^thaneuerhewas
by any Se(3t or Profcflion whatfbcuer ; for, hauc
not their bed Doctors, Bctlarmmy Valemk^ Vaf*
gf/i^tfj&jWith others, been the very Patrons of dam-
nable Idolatry 5yi4W^^r^///tfw;«ytf;?^/tf/i/^/,feeling
themfclues to perifh^and yet would not bee re-
claimed < Belkrmsffg and VAtentU maintaining,
that there is a proper worfbip due to Images *^Vafqf4ez>
implying, that the Di/^rii, in feme cafes, may bee
adored. And howfoeuer, of late yeers, they will
a little refine their do^ine concerning Image-
wor/hipjby Diftindions and Metaphyficall No-
tions, yet the prafticc of the people among them,
(to my knowledge) is no lefTe than MomanU-^
that pra<Sice,I fay, not priuate, or forbidden by
their Guides, but foftered,increafedjand kindled
by thofe that pretend to be the Fathers and Pa-
ftors of their foules. Reade Dauies his Cate-
chifme,andaBook of theirs, called. The Manual
of Controuerjies '^ and fee whether they doo not
allow of falling doxpn to Images^ ^f^lf^^^g them^ as
they doo the Pax in the Majfe.
Whatllialll fay of their much mumbling of
Maffes^ and jumbling oi Beads? If there be twen-
ty Prieftsinahoufe,they muft all fay Majfe be-
fore Noon, though there be no body by, though
they facrifice to the wals. They mufl: haue^^j",
to pray by number, or elfe their prayers want
weight. They are commanded to fay fomrimes
inonedayan hundred and fifty Pater noflers^ as
many Aue- Maries ^ forty Creeds 5 andjif they mifle
but
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God(!4y^^\n his
Trcatifc of
Cohfeillon,
p3ge 40.
but one of the right number, allisvaineandcf-
fcdlcfle: nay, the Co^ifejfors hold it to be a mortall
Jitint, if, among (b many Prayers appointed to be
faid for Penance, one onely be omitted.
As concerning their Procefions^ ^HJ^^g ^^^he
Dead^ Inuocation ofSAints^ Ad^rAtlon of the c^nfecra-
tedHodJlyAdm'mijlru'wnofthc Sacrament ^ndcr one
kindej'prinkltng ofHoly-water^tiyikling of a Bell at the
Eleuation^ ktfwg the ground rohere the Fjieji hath
Jlood^ worfhippirtg ofReliques^ ref eating the name lefus
nine times together ^vptth nines vpon nines .^ often croj-
Jing the fore-head and the br eft ^ their neceffary rpetting
ofiheir fingers in the holy Pot yhe fore they go toward
the i^ltar^t heir kneeling down to euery Priejl they
weef^ their ambling thrice about a Croffiy their Pilgri-
mages^Dirges^feuerall forts of Letaniesjn which the
Saints only are inuocated^^nd other like trafli,which
are the very Diand of the jRomiflf Religion^vfhzt
foundation haue they in holy Scripture < Are
they built vpon the Rock Chiiftc'Nojbut vp-
on the fands of humane brains • being inuented,
and obtruded vpon the people, to aduance the
benefit and honour of their Clergie, So faith
one oftheirowne Writers : An nonaudis dlcentes ^x^Uv.mpvA^m
gratantultitudwi^JleffenteSyjingentes^ dc rejingentes com.vuup.fu^er
religionem ad nutum ^ cuftdttates Dvminorumi; cos- ^^''^* '"^ ^^^\
tuum ; quorum gloriamyiijifuam^plurisfaciuntquam
gloriam Dei? Doo you not hearc them, how they
fpcak plaufibly to the itching eares of the multi-
tude,infle(aing/afliioning and refafhioning their
religion according to the will and wanton nes of
D them.
i8
GypJ.i.f/,3
Tl^e Fo9t out of the Snare.
^ug.fer.iiJe
« ^
chem^whofe glory, next vnto their OA'ne, they
prcfcrrc before tljc glory of God <
But (hall not their ownc Difciples one day
peak vnto them, according to rhat of Saint Au
guIHne ^are nos decepijiis ? ^are tanta maU ^
falfa dtxi^isi Et eruhe fount humane in frmtati^ ^
mnerubejcuntinmSiftmA^eriuti. Why did you
feducevs^ Why did you tell vs fq many falfe
things ; more regafrding the weaknes of men ,
than the inuinciblencflc of Truth < Yes furc : Ne-
ccff'^efi^ cum dies ludicij ^venerit^^cSdiiih Saint Cy-
frtan ;ro your charge^thc loffe of fo many foules,
for which Chrift gaue his life, will one Aaj/ bee
laid^anda (iricS account exacSed. Many wauing
Babes were carried away with th^blajlofyottr de-
ceits^ beaten and broken againft the rock of errour;
many, I fay, whom Saint P4»/ tearmeth Paruulos
ftu^uames^vnconfi'diit yong-oncs '^ not fo much
j (welling wi-rh pride, as dcceiued and tofTc'd with
the rage of your Impofture, But, my beloued
Country 'tneny let not fuch ^vipers eat out your hearts :
let not the /^»^/?/«^^ of their prepofterous zeale
mif-lead you : but difcouer the hypocrites, and
fend them home to hell, where they werehat-
ched. For, they that dare thus dally with God,
no maniell, though they bee bold with your
fouIes,confciences, your children, and your e-
ftares, and all that belong to you. Many a poorc
Gentleman*, that cannot rule his v^ife, I knowe,
isfaineto weare their mark />;r<fp//e'j and fomc-
whatthey muft haue in marfupio, though the o-
ther
thcrlicforit mcarcere. They muft beefed wkh
the daintieft cheere, the beft wine, the bcft beer,
the chiefeft fruits that can bee got- when oft-
times the poor husband is fain to uink away hun-
gry to his reft.
In the end, they proue Pkgiar^, ftealingaway
their children, and fending them beyond the
feaSjto their vtterruine and ouerthrowe. This is
toocomnjona praftice. Some friends of mine
haue felt the fmart thereof. I think it will not be
amiffe to inferr^how they dealt with a yong man
heer in Lcndw^ who is GtAnd-childe to the y^rch-
hifh^f cfTork^ about the end of Fihruary laft. They
pcrfwaded him, what a fine life it would bee to
liue beyond the feas ^ and withall told him, that,
if hec would go-ouer to one of their Colledges,
hefliould want no maintenance : and/or that he
was not fully grounded in their religion, he was
referred to one to cooferre withall. It fortuned,
that he came to that man that mufl: indo(3;rinate
him, while I was by. I, fmellmg their knaueiy,
could not reft quiet,till I had found out the yong
man, and inquired his bufinefle with the Pricfts,
with whom I had feene him often conuerfantj
who prefently tould mcc their projeft, and ac-
quainted me,that he muft fuddenly take his iour-
I ney CO S^inr Omers. Bur, my (elf difcoucring vn-
I to him diuerfeoftheir cheats and tricks, and af-
• furing him, that he fhould findc the cafe altered,
if hewentoutof E;>^/4wrf; theyoungman, being
very ingeniTouSjWas deterred, and (I hope) will
D 2 haue
19
*>
OncM.D«f-
totty^ Lanca-
(hire Gentle-
man.
The Priefts
praftice with a
yong man m
London.
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Phd.2. 1 $
Soz/sdjjiji.
haue.no more familiarity with them. Some of
the Pfielts Agents dealt in the fame fort with a
very pretty modefl Youth, one Henry SylueBcr
(fonne to the no leffe worthy than famous Poet,
loftixh Sylueshr^ the Tranflator of Da Barus) ^
who, being a fcholar at Suttons Hofviull neerc
Londoii^ was drawn to fuch places as the Priefts
ofccn frequenr^and there had books beftowed on
him. They inucigled and wrought fofarrewith
him^that he consented to bee Tent beyond the
feas. And away they had packed him, but that
their plot was in ticnedifcoucred. Many others
haue they of late daiesfeduccd: butjlhope^their
Kingdome is now almoft at an end-
As for you who haue occafion to Hue nccr the
walsofthcfeAduerfaries,and.it may^b?e,fonie-
tiraeSj of necefucy,muft conuerfe and hauc fome
commerce with them, take heed you be not cor-
rupted by them. Haue m fdlox^(Ijtp with the 'vn-
fruitfull works of darkms^inough with the workers.
Belike vntotheRiuerc>^y^/l&//yi, which pafTcth
through the 4S'/V/7i4» .y^f^i^and yet cakes no filtnes.
Liue yidmekjfe inthevtidfl ofaperaerfe mdcrooked
generation.
: And let me now fpeak vnto you who are my
Brethren of theMiniftery^and flioiild (in regard
of yourofficeand example) beas- Angels in the
Firmament.of the Church : Perceiue you not
how herefiebeginstofpreadjasthstof Jrrim'm
the daies of tjdthamjit^s f Serf it ^vt Gangrem^ it
creeps as a Giingrem:!3Lndyct mourn you nor for
our
IL
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21
our Sioft in her widow-hood, nor fray for the peac^
of lerufalem? Behold yoii nor the lanke of our
hollow-harted Neurerah'ftS; who think the time
is come^ topulldownc our Culuer-houfe, our
little Churchr How often haft thou heard them,
O God (though they whifpercd vnto thcm-
felues) fay ofthe enemies of our peace, Why dre
the wheeles of his Chariot fa long a^comming \ Expe^fa-
r/!<;;/^/^w; They haue long lookcfora day. I hope
they will but expeft, till their very eyes drop
out of their heads. Againe^vnderftaadyou nor,
how laborious and vigibnt our Aduerfaries now
are, forbearing no time, fparing no paines, to
captiuatcand deftroy l WitnefTc the fwarmcs of
their bookes,which you may.heare humming vp
and downc ia euery corner both of City and
Countrey. Ifpeakitwithgriefc; and in this re-
CipvOi^corweumytafjqHamceraliqtKfcens : ray heart
is as melting wax. I verily bcleeue, they haue
vented more of their paniphlets within this
Twclue-monthjthen they dicTin forty yeercs be-
fore. They haue Printing'preffes and Book-fellers
almoftineuciy corner. And how doe they by
this mcancs put their poore Difciplesvpon the
tcnters,fell!ngthat book for forty or fifty fhil-
ling*;, which they might affbord for eight" or ten^
&that for ten^wnich they might afford for one^
For irftsnce, Ireferre you to the Catalogue
in the latter ci^d of this book. Ifpcakthis by the
way, to difcoucr their extorting policie, who
make a Treafury for themfelues by thefc means,
D 3 and
lud.^^iS.
22
71?,? Foot out of the Snan.
Reu.;j.xi.
Ephef.6.14.
Reu.ji
Bern.
Eufeb.frr/.^i^,
Apoc.17.
AdsS.ig.
and raife no fmall fummes of money. You are
thofe whom God hath fet vp as Lamps in his
Szni^uzty ^togiue light vnt0th0fe thai Jit in darkneffe^
^ in thefhadow of deaths tognidc their feet into the -way
of truth : hide not your glory ^nderabnpell .let
notyourbeaurybceclipfedrbut (as the Spirit to
the i^ngelofBhiUdelfhia) Hold that which you haue:
Standwtthyour loinesgirt : Bejirong in the Lord^ and
in the power of his might : and remember, that r/»-
cemidabitur^ To htm that ouercommeth.fhallitbegi'
uen I I^ecparanti ad prdHumynecpugnamiadfangui-
nem^ multo minus tergiuer/antiaapeccalumijed'vin'
centi ad ^icioriam-^ Not to hira that prepares to
fight 5 nor to him that refifts 10 bloud, much leflc
him that (hewcs his back in cowardice, but to
him that ouercomes to conqueft. And hence
Saint Hieromes pcnne, like a Lance, was charged
again ft fSg//4»///w and others. Saint i^ugujine^
in his difputationSj (pake hot words, coles of lu-
niper,againftthcu/im;ii5,the Felagians^ the Vo^
natifis, and the Manichees. Bee you as vigilant and
kncic I Res peftulat^ tht times require it : and
therefore beginnc to blame the Church ofEphe-
ft^s^forimbracingthe doBrineoftheNicolaitans ; and
the church of Smyrna^ for imbracing the do^rine of
Balaam^ and the Church of Thyatyra^ for imhracing
thedoSrineoflez^ahel: andfhame not to tell the
Lady ^/iJ^w^, that, notwithftanding all her pain-
tings and complexions vpon her face, the cup of
fornication is in her hand, i^^/^rfpakeasmuch vnto
Simon the Sorcerer J that he was in the gall of bit*
terncffe
Tl?e Foot out of the Snare.
terneffe^ and bond ^f iniquity j Fauhnto Elymas^O
full of mifchiefe.,And enemy of Allrighte$ufne(Je ; Poly^
carpt^s^ to oMarcioff^ calling him Diaboli frimogem-
r«;??, ihediuclsfirft-borne.
Sirabo dcfcribeth a certaine fountaine to be in
^rsbia hty ond lordan^ vfhxch. poyfbneth all
Beafts chat drink thereof : for which caufe it is
ordained, that the A^^W/;»tf/;fha!l make rcftituti-^
on for fuch Beafts as perifli by drinking of it 5
vnlcflc they proouc.by violence they approa-
ched. In likcfortjthcreisawell of abomination :
many wilde i^Jfes runnc thereunto to quench
their thirft:and yet they that taflc thereof, perifh.
ThePaftorsofChrifls flock, who haue Peters
Pafce for their charge, if they kecpe not their
Hold^ chat is, hould rheir (heepe within their
fold, their foule fhall anfYver for the Cime, ex-
cept it (hall appeare, they drank the deadly wa-
ters of finne, through their ownc wilfulneflc, ra- '
ther then the others negligence.
The Shepheard cannot ftep afide, but the
Wolfe is ready to feize vpon his F/^ri.Thcre are
many W'W/j^^i-fo termed, not fo much in regard
of thccompofition oftheir bodies, as the difpo-
fition of their mindes; for they [I:j ill come imto you
\ in fheepes clothing : but beleeue them not for inwardly
they are rauemng. Therearc fubtile Serpenrs,that
ftill wait for their booty iThetrpoyfon is Itkethepoy-
fonof a Serpent^ Pfal.^S.^^ or as the Apoftle: T/^^/'r
tongue is full of deadly pcy/on. Injicit^ Jnterjicn : The |
infc(5iiorvthcreof doth not ondybeginne of late j
to!
^3
A(fls 13. 10.
Strabo.
Pral.58.4.
lames 3.8,
24
Mat. 1 0.1 6.
Tl)e Foot out of the Snare.
to fprcadjbut hath left many fordcad, that there
is lictle hope of their reuiuing ; Nof^dgrm.feddi-
fmcf ^^bccing not difcafedj but dcceafed. They
arenofooncr/^/^^r^/^^, but their Phyfician holds
them toa dyet-drinkrthey (hall not hauc the wa-
ter of the Sa^ffuary ^th^iwould coolc them ; but
M4raby the harfhjbittcr^and ill-brewed drink of
damnation, to deftroy them^
I haue read of one Exagon^ an {^ml?aj]adeurt&
Rcms^bz^lng .^ith^ConJnls command caft into
aTuone of^;^4it^j5 that they licked him with
their tongucSjand did him no harmc : But thefc
Snakes, though they were Tent vs from Rome^
bring fuch poyfon with xhtxxi^ncnmcAuda^ fed in
lingua, not in their tailCjbut in their tongues, that
with their very breath they can infeifl and infeft.
How many foules haue they fo killed in our
land I
{^fpidis et morfu Ufum dormire fdUntur
In mortemyAntidotum ncc vAliiiJJefertmt.
It behooueth vs to bee in onxgenerati&n^as mfe
as thefc Serpents^ though as harmelejfe as Daue$,
Againft the incantations of fuch Siurts^ let vs
vingihe Muficall Mis fi/Mr^n^ andfingthc fvveet
fbngsofi'/^itfjthatiS) arnie our felues with the
Travo^yMaof Godjtreafuredvpin the Scriptures :
fo fliall not the L^ct^Js ifthe wildtrnejje^mxh their
Scwpisn-YiV^ tayles (who now fwarme in fuch a-
bundance) hurt any of our little ones withthc
deadly Q\ng of their contagious error ; but^ ha-
uingthefeale of God in their fore-heads, they
fliall
The Foot out of the Snare.
^5
(hall be able to refift allifuchasceafcnot toper-
fecute the Sfonfefifchrifi^zud to make vvarrc with
her feed.
Now for the better difcouery of the impious '
tricks and dcuices of the Pricftsand Iefuires,and
that all who meet within any of their modernc
bookesf whereof! told you, there is fuch plen-
ty) may hoot at them for moft abominable Im-
poftorj and lycrs. Let mee intreat you to
reade a few of fuch Tales as I hauc culled
and collcded out of their books lately fent ou^r,
the moft or all of them according to the fronti-
fpiccprinted ztpcwsy-^znA you would think, any
folid wit could not be mifcarried by them, but
rather admire the poorc fliifts they arc driuen
vnto, for the keeping of their weather-beaten
caufcafiote. So palpably doe they proceed be-
yond the bounds of modefty and X^z(ot\^^tnem0\ tvuhJefau
terum ohte^auonibttsetuiStatumlbut qmequam credat^
HAm eos fftentirl et dufUuter menuri certifimumefi^
faith Luther, Let none beleeuccheir proteftati-
onsandvaunts.-foritis moft certaine, they lie,
and that lowdly. If they will needs be Jrchitec-
timendamrum^hiW hammering vntruths-I would
aduifc them to lay probable foundations, and
chufcfuch Materials 9s are more malleable.
To beginne then with one Tale of theirs, and
it is a pretty one^alleadged by one Henry Fux^-Si- ,
mens [efuite,in his book called Theiuftijicatmand
'Epcpejition cfthe Sacrifice ef the MaJfe^Ub. ufsgei j u
In
verh,ca!n/c,F^l,
Fit2. Simons
i6
Tfoe Foot out of the Snare.
In all the
Tales I vfe
their owne
words.
Fiti-Simon
i^DeepeCHiithhe), 4r^?n?;f<?<?/France, awo-
man of the Pme/lani Religion^ dandling her infant^
that neuer before coddjpeak ; thechilde dijltn^^ly pro-
ncmced^ To Majfe^ To Maffe. The mother^ warned fo
admirably^ went inftantly with the infant in her armes
toChurch^andfoHnd therein a learned man preaching
of Religion. His Sermon beeing ended^ (heefelt herfelfe
fofufficiently refoUedythat^renomcing herherejie^ fhee
forthwith became Catholick,
It pleafeth God indeed to vfe the weake fome-
times to confound xh^Jlrong-^xo imploy the child^
toconuertthc/>^r^»/-and toindo^ftrinethe inno
cent^xo refute the infolent: but that he (hould fliew
any fuch Miracle, for the iuftificationand ratify-
ing of that moft impious &idolatrous Sacrifice
ofthe iJ/^z/tf, is beyond the h'fts ofreafon, I may
well fay, the hounds of Chrijlianfaith^to beleeuc.
But for want of better Argument^you fliall heare
what other Tales haue flowed from the fi och of
their vnderfl:anding, to delude the ignoianCj and
confirme this faid Sacrifice.
f^ Mariner beeing fuppofedto bee drowned^ a
Bi^jop of his fomtrey can fed Miiffe to bee faid far him.
The Mariner a that time had b^enefome twenty daks
without food borne ^vp and downe ^vpon the keek
of a b&it andt^en ready for famine to die. In the houre
{ as after was kno ivne) of the oblation for htm^ a wan
Appeared^ and deliHeredhim a portion of tread: where-
Tt>e Foot out of the Snare.
^7
byfuidenly he had full force a^fd^vrgoar-^ dndfhdrtly df
ter^by Ajhiffaylingby^ hetpasrefcued: Fitz-Simon,
qui fopra, Lib.2.part,d.page 402.
Thefe r&A% a GemlewomAn neere Naples',
in Italy, whcfe hmband was a Capmne : api fhee^ ha-
uing tidings that he was Jlainein a battel^caufed weekly
Majfes to befaidforhim. Itfellom^that this Captaine
wasimfriffined : and after by good tefHm$ny it af fea-
red^ that At the very fame time Maffes were faying for
him joischaines andjettersfeVifromhim^and could not
heefafined.
Let mee help to prompt this Tale-teller,
with another of the fame Cut. A Frier that had
more mtnde to fill his ownefurfe^thentoemftyfur^
gatory^did^veryx^ealoujlyandrefolutelyin his Sermon
before his Offering^auouch and warrant his Auditory^
that whofoeuer came ^f with money to the Altar ^ and
would think of any his dearefi friend^ whom he thought
to bee a Frifonerin Furgatory^fljouldobtaine this grace
by that indulgence^ that at the 'very injl ant of the mo-
ney sthrowne in^ and clinking in the bafon^ thefoule
fljoi4ld leap out ofFurgatory.
The aforefaid Author repoitcth of another
Frtfoner fuppofed alfo to bee dead^ 'whole Brother
(bceing an \^bh$t) faying Maffe for him : his bands
fell dwaies^ and could not rejlraine him^ whereat his
enemies at length weariedygane him liberty toredceme
himfelfe.
E 1 jSj^or-
Infiit,
The moft di-
uine Sacrifice.
K.L.?. in Ilk j
28
Tl?e Foot out of the Snare.
^firfnmhdcf Why doc they cake fuch paines^
and imploy their braincs vponthefe Inuentions,
namcly,to hook-in the peoplcjand bring greift to
their MUl.,i\\dX their MAJfes m^y goe readily away
for ready moneys
But thefe former Tnuentions are but fltght
vvork,poftcd ouer by fome Prentice of the coy-
ning trade. Behold heere following a moife wor-
thy Mafter-piece, wherein a chief Architcdi,3nd
a more nimble Interpreter.of thePuppets, is
broughr-in for an Acflor, ,
K^ gentle- womnn ofEnglsni^ m one sftheyeers
. ^/lubile, trauelUdta,R$me^wherebeeingdrriHed^(hee
\ repaired to Father Parfons,w/j<? WAsherConfeJfor.and
he adminiftring <v9tto her the blejfed Sacrameiftiwhichj
i» the forme of a little IVafer, hee fnt into her motnh)^
ob/eruedylheewaslongxkj^mng^ and could not pvallow
thefanfo: whereupon he asked her ^. rv hether Jiee knew
tphat it wasfhee receiuedi'Sheean/wered^ Tes, a Wdfer.
At which anjwer of her s^ Bather Parfons beeing much
offended^ he thruH his finger into her mouth ^and thence
\ drew oiUapkceofredfieflj^ which after was nailed vp
againfi apofl in a yefpery orpriuaie Chappell within
our Lady-Church :'and though this were done about
fome twenty yeeres fince or more ^ yet doth thatpkeeof
flejh there remainetobeefeene^uerjfrefJ) and red as
eutr it was. WitnfJfel^Mnrkcs lefuite, in a book of his
written of latOy and intituled^ 7 he Examination^ the.
new Meligion^jipz^Q n8..
Yea,
The Foot out of the Snare.
19
Yea, heere is a knocking andlong-laftinglicj
worthy to be nailed vpon a poft or pillory, like
thceareofa Rogueora xd\\\v\^%Mo»re.
Father P4r/^;^xvvasbut a flender Juggler, that
could nor, without putting his fir>gcr into her
inouth,fuborne red for white. Idoubt,that hee
that inucnted this Tale, had fometimcs bccne at
the (hop oi Cawbuck the Smith {hcldhy forac to
beetheputatiue Father of Tarfons)^ and there
had fccne thcbottome hoofe of a horfe-foor nai-
led againft the Pods ( which vfe to be the trium-
phant Trophies of F4rrwi)and therforethought
he fliould meet with fome that would beleeue,a
piece of raw flefli could be as folid Sclafting. But
Idoe not read,.that this woman was eucr pofleft
with that beliefc, astoadorc the fore-faid poft,
with the forged Appendix : and lam glad to
finde,eucn in the weaker fex, more truth, in cal-
ling 4 Spade^a Sfade^ then plain dealing in her Ma-
fler^that would mockher and others by a trick of
ZeigerJcMAfffe : and therefore thcTalc-maker was
heeredefecf^iue.Forjto fliew theacceptation and
cffediofthis Miracle, hcfhouldhaue added,thar
the woman, yea and fomc wiTementoo, adored
not onely the^^,but euen thcffaiU with which
it was crucified or rather /^/^^^.This my new*,
coyned wordfts theirncvv-found Fable* -
\^ Letter was fim vntfi. Father Parfons at
Rome.fignifyi/ig 'vntohim^that a kinfmam hmfeofhis
hcerein England badhetnefor the (face cf forty yeeres
E 3 together I
This Moore
lately loft his
esrcs in Cbt4p-
fide, for (pea-
king againft
the Proteftant
Religion^&c.
?o
ChauccE-
The Foot out of the Snare.
together w^Ufied by Diuels-^ hut^ by 6ne Sacrifice 9r
^JMaJfc offered by Bather Parfons, hwasdeUuered:
and his kinred who liued there, hauingbeene all their
Itfe time before z»eahus Frotefiants^ hatte all of them
fince become Catholicks .
lo. Markes^w/^/T^f/zV?, page 130.
Ibeleeue^many houfes in England, within
thefc forty yceres, efpccially chofc that pertai-
ned to the friends and wel-wifhersof i'4r/i?;>iand
his fcliowes, haue becne much haunted with
fprites, not of the kindeof F^/r/w, but ofthofe j
of whom ingenuous Chaucer (peaketh -that where
the Limiter Exorcijing Frie^ went vp and downe,
within his ftation5there were no diuels nor Hob»
goblins to moleft, efpecially the weaker fex in
the nighttime- the reafon hegiuesis demonftra-
tiue, For See,
There nis none other In cubus hut hee*
But this difference I obferue betweene the an-
tient Priefts of a courfe thread, and thefe refined
Seraphicall Mafters of the lefuiticall Loome:
they droue away Spirits only by their prefencc:
but thefe can dart out a Majfe from ouer Sea,
fomethouland miles off, and with it blow away
all the diuels that dance in fuch or fucfhan in-
chanted Cattle in £;sg/4;if^5 whereupon, all the
Proteftants that dwell within kenning, rau'ft
needs turne Romamjis: TeHe meiffo, quoth the
Diuell.
There
There vpa4 a man in Corduba, within the confines
$f S pain, agedffiurefcoreyeers andodde ^ who. for the
f^ace of thirty yeers^ had been in a dead paljiey and bed-
red and then had a bf$rning dejire to henre Maffe, and
to haue the Bifhofs bUfing ; and fb caufed himfelf^ by
hisfernants to be tranfported to S. Stephens Chttreh,
The kMajJe heard^ and he born back to his hottfe ^within
few daies he (to all mens admiration) became whole and
foundy and was as lufiy ^/ a man but of twenty yeeres.
He liued eighteen yeers after : daring which fpace^ hee
came euery day thankfully to the faid Churchy to ac-
knowledge the miracle.
Kcllif./;* a Treatife of his^ called^ Gods bleftng^
pageji.
At Cordnba in Spaing A'Palfie, and yet fourc-
fcore and eighteen yeers ^ I am glad it is fo farre
off: I hope they will haue mee excufcd, for tra-
uelling fo farre to enquire the truth. And ycr, in
another refpecS, I fliould wifli to Hue in that aire,
where Malfes grow fo medicinall, that they pro-
long a mans life, till hee and all his friends bee
weary of him : hkethe lies of ydrren in Ireland^
which will not let the candle of our life bee
blowne out, though it be in the fnuffe : whereof
a blundering Frier wrote, Vbi tarn diu uiuunt ho-
mines, ita quod habeant tddtum de fuo viuere.
Leo Tukm^dCo^feffir^ Martyr , and Pope, 'Vpon
a certain time was tempted by a womau^ who would
needs ktffe him ^ but the holy man by no means con/en-
ted
?*
The Foot out of the Snare.
mm
lilies of the
Martyrs,f»'x«/?.
F.H.
tedtofuch immodeB^y :yet^ mth much ^rngghng^ fhee
kijjed his hand^ whether he vrcMor fip» ^'hereupfiffyhe
commAnded it td hee cut pff^ heeaufe hp c^rrapfjle/b
fhould remain about him. Which when the peoflefer-
ceiuedy they earneftlj inter ceffed our Lady for him \ and
/he moft mercifully rtjlor edit again : and then heefaid
MaJJe as hefor^^ and acknowledged our Lady his Sa-
uioar, •
If ourfacrificingPriesJs and lefuites ihould exe-
cute fofeuerc a Law vponthcmfdues» the King
would hauc in this City many Subie<5l$ not one-
ly inwardly lame in thcix obedience, but alfo out-
wardly lame in their Ums. I knowe two Friejls in
London, who arc very vnable at this time to doo
the King any feruice in the warresjfor which,
they haue a necejffary cxcufe, though not/r^4//,ha-
uing imployed themfelues in other /^/?r warres al-
ready : fo that now they are fitter for an Ho/pi-
tally thzn the Camp. And yet when the time of
their Z^/zg-z/i is expired^ they will creep out of
the fliell againjand look as boldas their brethren,
laying it on with Majfes, in ftcad otvtt^hts. Yet
(mce thinks) they fliould vfe very fauourably
their judical power in c^t/JyS^/^jWhothemfeloes
haue had fo much need oi Indulgence. Tofay no-
thing of 4 Cathotiijue Maid^hppokd to haue been,
tvith others,oppre(Icd in the ruine at the Black-
Friers-^ whofe office hath been to carry bands and
fliirts vnto the Friers chambers : bur^whatfocuer
her ill luck hath been^fhc hath met with fbme in-
fedious
I
The Foot out of the Snare,
33
I
Rcadjconcer-
Sicn4,
fediiousblafting vapours, which notv fequefter
her from all company ; being poftcd ofFj by bcr
Ghjily Bathers^ vnto the Phy (icians.
But to Icauc thcfe noifomc corners, and to re-
turn to the more plcafing path of our old won-
der-working Tales : He had need be a good Chi-
rurgion, who could cement a broken piece, e-
/pecially tf i&Wfo long cut eff. But this is like vnro
the Tale of Saint Demwick'^v;hofeUgscutoffatthe
knees^ by fraying vnto our Lady, they were, with- j «ing s.dow-
out the help of any Artift, gr^ffed on again 5 or I Zn^^V\
like that of Saint I>^w, who, for a mile or two, ; i,Het^hdJj,m-
carried his head in his hand^or not vnhke the ^it-Thehfcof
Story of Saint ^V^//r^^: of whom they report, ' ^ '^'*'^'^^'«^°^'
Her head, once cut offjprung and grew en again 5 but
loptoffa fccond time, where it fell, there arofe
a fine filuer ftream, or a pleafant Fountain of run-
ning water, which at this day (as they vaunt) cu-
reth the Difeafed ; and the drops of bloud which
Saint P0>fj/r^^ there loft, arc yet to befeen. The
place of this beheadings and where the miracle is
more extant,is at Miwell in Wale$^v\oi many miles
offthe City ofchejler: whither once euery yeer,
about Mid'fummer^ many fupcrftitious PaftBs of
Lamafbtre^ Staffhrdjhirej and other more remote
Countries, go in pilgrimage^ efpecially thofe of
the feminineand (ofter fcx, who keep there their
Rendeuouz^yWi^nrng with diuerfe Priefls their ac-
quaintance; who make it their chief Synod or
Conuention for Confulration,and promoting the
catholique Caufe^zs they call it 5 yea, and account
F it
?4
T^e Foot out of the Snare.
The hold at-
tempts of the
Papifts in Ire-
Und.
TheBifhop of
ChalcedtH.
it their chiefcfl han4fji for commodity and pro-
St^ in regard of the crop they then reap by C^^-
[olutions and Indulgences^ Let mc adde^ that they
were fo bold, about Midfummer the laft yecre,
1523. that they intruded themfclues diuers times
into the Church or puWick chappell of iMwell^
and there (aid -AZ-j//^ without contradiftion. It is
not vnlike, they will eafily prefume to the fame
liberty heer in England^ which they haue vfed of
late in Ireland-, where they dijlurbedthe MinifterAtA
PHntrall^ereffedoneortwo Frieriesymth open pro-
feffionj in their Monafticallhabits^and haue in-
truded tkular Eijh&ps^ to fupplant the Church-
gouernment there in force ; as we fee in like ma-
ner M M.Bi/hop^ fometimes Prifoner in the G4td-
hffufe^now perking vp and flanting with the vain^
aerialljfantaftick bubble of an EpifcfipallTifle^ fat
fetcht, and yet lightly giuen, hath rambled yp
and down StaJffirdp^re^BuckinghdmJhire^znd other
places, vnder the name of the Bifh&fofchaUedon 5
catching the ignorant, vulgar, and dcuoted Ro-
r»4»5/?i with the pomp of his Pontificall Attire,
and that empty name of a B?^^/r/Vi .vwhereunto
he hath as much right, as he hath Lands there.
I commend the thrifcinefle of ihQ Popes HoU-
nejfe^m ere<fting Bi/hopricks with fuch fmall coft.
The Title ftands him in nothing but a piece of
parchment, with a Boffeof Lead^ Ggncd/ui an-
nub flfc&t&rU. As for turlfdi^ien and reuenues^
there needs nothing,but to fend into England this
new F»ppef of his owne racking* The honejf^ Me
raUy
The Foot out of the Snare.
rall^ Pfipe-hfiljly Lay CMheliques o£ England^ many
of them,cfpecially the more ignorantjand there-
fore dotingly deuout, are fo mad of Chefe trum-
peries, and fbfick of their moncyj that his Beffe'
MiififiHSy BeadSf RingSy Reliques^x^gnm Dei^tad the
like^will be good Merchandize^better (perhaps)
than yifgiman Tobacco^ znd feeding as much as
that fume. Phyfieians fay^ and experience fliews,
that, for a Confumftion^ ^J/fffii rmlk is not the worif
Cure .'andfurc, to feed a-frefti the declining and
ftaruing fopperies of Popery in this Land, what
better nourifhmcnt, thanthofe no fmall fummes
which are daily fqueezed from many fimple
burden-bearing i>/wi»46, whofe r^adicall moy-
fturc of their purfes is daily exhaufted by the
Hcrfe-Ueches oiRfime ?
Thcnameof JJtfw^ is able to thefe weak and
bleared eyes to imbelifh any thing, to gild-oucr
and make acceptable any Pils, though being no-
thing elfe but fheeps trittles. A bundle of Beads
worth three pence, if fandified from Reme^ fliall
ftrainoutof Catholick purfes fo many pounds.
The Preaching^thc Lhurgieofthe Church of Eng-
larid^is but dry meat, and harh no poifon in it, be-
caufe it is not baCted by the cookery ot the Po/^es
Court. The catechiz>wg of children becv is vnfruit-
ftill,becaufe not performed by the fublimated,
Dedanticall InftrucSers, the Jefuites -^ fuch rcue-
r'-nd Fathers as Zedefme,r4ufe,Dauiesj Cox^C^rtin*
The cenfirmAtion ofour children by our Engltfh Bi-
(hops, chougl) done iii decent foimjand with con-
F 2 uenient
55
?^ \
Jipe Foot out of the Snare.
Darmanus a
uenientpraicr,yec(forfoorh)hath no facred in"
flucncc5bccaufe our Bi/bifpsh^ucm) crouer fiafe^
no Holywdter^m Vn5ii$ns^n9 chrifmCy no binding
cfforeheAcis for fcuen dates ^noieligAte '^mhoritiez
DOMINO DEO NOStRO PAPA.
But, if an Entopian, chalcedomn , 2^w - nothing ^
PuffefAsfeTitulado come with ftculcies in his
budget from Rome^whi^xc he was miraculoufly
created ex nihilo^ihcn what gaddingjwhat gazing,
what proftfation^to receiue but one drop of that
facred deaw! The lead flafli of light from the
fnuffc of a Kom4n Lamp^ out-fliines and cclipfetb
all the twinkling petty fparks of the Church of
Engknd. Strange it is, that any of our Nation
lliould io bafely degenerate, as to captiuate their
wits, wils and fpirits, to fuch a foraine idoll Gullj
compofcd of palpable fidion and diabolicnll faf-
cinationjwhofe enchanted Ghali^e of^heathc-
nirti Drugges and L4mim fupeiftition hath the
power oi Circes & Med&oA cup, to meramorphize
mzvi into Bayaxds and Afles. The filly, doting
Indim Nation fall down and perform diuine ado*
vmon to 4 rag of red cUth, The fond and braine-
fick Papifts of our Nation doo little lefie, when
they adore the very cope and FeJfmenu (belon*
ging to Eifliops and inferior Priefts) where they
lie alone, falling down to them, and kiting them.
But to view their new-intruding Hierarchy a lit-
tle neerer : Me thtnks^the Miniihrs of the Prouinc€
ofCMterhury^ now meeting in conHocMion^ are ve-
ry forgetful!, in fuffcring. themfclues to be dcfti-
tute
Tl:e Foot out of the Snare.
tutcof a worchy member, the new-ftampc j^'rch-
deacon fif Londo»^\M.Collington'^^ho^ by the ex-
perience he hath had mexerdfing Imfdic/ia^ oucv
hisfdlfiw-PneJiSy as aKo in cdnuefttwg the Lmks^
is able, if hee were called by authority to the Sy-
Wjtogiuc very good aduiccfor reformdtion^ or
deformation of the church 0f England^ and laying it
vndcr the Po^esfacredfoot. The like defeil aUo
isinthePr^m^r^ of York ^ by the abfence of the
\jirch deacon of LancAJler^ M.Clifton. Nodoubr,
thefe two new Chips 5 cloucn our of the old
I Block oi Rome^ arc theonclyfourid Timberto
build vp our Church, or rather to make worme
woodden Images^toYh^CottQd Laicks to adore. I now
haftcn to acquaint you with another of their
tales, and it is a crafty one, .
Jpoore old man in RomCj lofi his ^pper gar-
ment: and beeing enable to buy anoihtr^ he came to the
[brine of the twenty Martyrs^ 4nd prayed alo^vd^urAo
them to help him toraywents. At ki^ departure^ he met
with oneatthe 'very Church do^e a Priefi^y^bodeituered
'vnto him from the Pope a Purfe^ that had in it tothe>
'vdue offome twenty pound in filuer. The poore man
ama&ed^andnot knowing what he meant. hatiin^ neuer
before in all his life-time hadthe carriage of fo much
money '^ thePriefl told him, Our holy Father the Pope
tommanded me to deiiuer it vnto the nc^ man 1 met
goinginto the church-dor e^ who fhall haue needofit^
and bid him flill pray to the Martyrs* The p&ore man
returned ioy fully tohishome, andeuer after ^vijitedthe j
place once a day, F 3 Tho-'
?7
The new
Arch-fie4C0ns
of LenJon and
f8
The Foot out of the Snare.
Thomas Lce,w Tra^tJelm^catM Ai^aLSAn-
^^r.Capj4.page 212.
I fee no rcafon why this fliould come into the
Legend of ftrange Narrations/or thatthc Popes
eares might eafily bee fo long, by the Priefts in-
formation,wicbout any inlpiracion from heauen,
as to take notice of the poore mans defire, who
(belike) was not fo cold for want of his coat, a$
hee was warmewith zeale, to cry alowdfora
new. But this by the way. Ilearnc the Popes
price of Martyrs, namely, that they arc worth
pounds apiece. Well might the Pope hauc rated
them ata higher value, whenasheyecrely, nay,
daily gettcth farre more in their names, by bar-
tering their pretended Supererogations of Mar-
tyrs and Saints.
r
In theytere ^f our Lord 1611. one Lucia, nn lu-
Hah Virgin^ CAmetoAToxpne ailed Mulrauia, in 'Ro-
hemhyWhereistAughtfhe WaldenJiAn doHrine^ firfi
freAched to them hy one lohn K\is^And hy him general-
ly reeeiaed^yvherbyt^heirAditmsofihe RomAneChurch
Are At this dAj there utterly negle^ed. This yirgin^tln-
derftandfngof diuits their fir Ange ofinions^ thAt they
denied PurgAtory^PrAyer for the deAd^ Benedilfions^
AndhAlldmngs ofWAier^heotfermngo/FAfting daies^
and the Itke • (heefpAkefomewhat dtjgrAcefully of their
Religion : vp hereupon ^Jhee was Adtudged And appointed
by the MAgifirAte^to bee burned in a field neere 'vnto the
Towne whtrejhee thenremmed. ButihemAtdnot
willing
TlKpoot Qut of the Snare.
wiling to bee Ud by them v»to the pUce ef g:^ecft(ieft,
they hegaftte tie repes ahMther^^ndfet^ferceberaleng:
but fhee often crofirtg herfelfe , and inuocAting the
blejjed Virgin^ Mother of G^d^ could not bee remooued
by the ftrength ofrope$^ or Qxen^ ordny poi[»er they
'vfed. i^t length pee 'vAnifbedfrom them^ and by a
Mirdcle was brought vnto a Nunnery ^about an hundred
miles of that pUee-^where^to this day fheliuethytopratfe
God for her deliuerance,
Richard Scannihutft, iji the Preface of his
Book^ intituled. The Principles of catholi/jue
Religion.
Hce that made this tale, had a Chimera in his
braine.
Dejinet inpifcem mulierfermofafuperne.
Hce had heard of an old Fable of the G^/;^//?/,
of the Image of JS,fculapius ^ that was to bee
brought into the City oiRome^hyXt by no means
would it ftirrc, though drawne with ropes, till
xhGvc came 2 Fe/lall Firgin^ that with her girdle
drew it after her. This botcher patchcth fuch a
one together, and fitcens; that, in ftead of an
immoucable Image drawne by a firgin ,
hecreisar/rg/>^ that could not bee drawne like
the Image, ^nd fohegot apieceofbreadandckeefe^
and came away.
A tale tofon^e fuch purpofe,!? repeated of one
Clarence z {acred Virgin^ by the (aid A uthor . the
one as well to bee bclceuedjas the other ; yet of
"both I fay to the Relator,
Cut
^^9 \
de ye ft. yir^iite*.
Stannihurft,
40
T%eFobt out of the Snare.
" Xuituanoncdrnm^velcuifm^ntACAchiHrtiim
Non moueAntpofthac^ is mihifrodigium efi •
v^ X)ne George Sephocard, d Sc0ti(h ProteJlAm
h^ffenedto trauAilem& Vtzncc^mtb a Brother tffhif:
where feeing them cne day g$e in Prccepon , this
G eo r g c feoff ed at them, but accordingly he was rewar-
ded : forprefently he fell to afttifullfcreeching^andfo
died. The night after his deaths lohn Scphocard
his brother ^snd companion into that Countrey^ had a pi-
tifuUyifion. He thought hee faw a thoufand Diuels in
hidems and'vgly ^apes tormenting his dead Brother »
But he ^ hauinghad a faire warning thereby ^ changed
his former Religion and courfe ofUfe^ and became C a-
tholick.
V.BAcrinhislPatch'Wordj page 20.
Heere is a Proceffion of lies , one after an-
other ^ordine longo. But yet 5 that a roan iliould
fmile at their Prtfr{/f/<?»5 is not ftrangc; nor that
hee fhould die , no maruell ; nor that another
(houlddreame^ no great wonder: but they had
beft take heede, how they apply thefe narrations
of vnexpeded deaths, left the Story of Black Fri-
ersht afwell inucrted vpon them.
Ofwald Mulfer./^ the County of TitoW^neere
O enipont, wWrf net he contented but with a Priefily
HoH: hee receiued it mfoonerinto hts mouthy but
heebeganne to Jink into the ground^ which fwalkvfed
himaUue.
Fitz-
J
The Foott out of the Snare.
^itz^Simon in his luJiificAtm mi'Exfofitmof
the Sacrtfice of the MAJfe^ page lOo.
This IS a meercfi^ion, intended for the mag-
nifying of the ?rtesi'ho$d\ it is the fteamc of their
impious poh'cy,4^/^rr^r<«i incutiendum^ etfucum
fAct€niumfofuU\ toguIl,tcrrifie, and amaze the
fimple, ignorant people, and by bringing them
into admiration of their Prieft-hood, the fanc-
tity of their attire, and the diuine potencie of
their Sacrifice; by this meancs to inchauntand
bewitch their innocent (implefbules, and foto
offer them vp for aprty to their great Idol at
Rome. Surely our Sauiour Chiift ate of the
fame heegaue tohis Difciples: but our fubli-
mated Priefts will haue finer bread then is made
of wheat, ImarueIl,noncofourpeopIe in Eng-
Und fink into the ground, for daring toeatcof
the fame bread with the Mioiftcn
Francis Zzmtx^f^pojile of the Eaft- Indies,
AndlefttiteyAioftenAsheeeoctTAordinarily trauelUd in
the Indies,/? often did a Crucifixe in Spain e, in his
forums houfefvpeat.x^t lengthy rohenthe B. Bauierc
dyed^ the afore- [did Cracifixe^ during a jeer e After ^did
euery FridAyjweAt bloud.
Hen. Fitz-Simon in Likfr^diH page 1 25,
Heehad read^belike^theverfeof theP^r/;
In templisfudAmt ehur fesndefque Uquuti
InfAndum.
G Anno
^^smmi^m^^at
5*
f. 2.^.1. •
77?e Foot out of the Snare.
Anno 35. tf/Henvy ^/'tf Eighuh^aPrie^ did pro-
nounce at Pauls Cxo{^Q^and there confeJJedinptibUck^^
that he himfelfefaftng MAfJe^frkked his finger ^andbe^
bloudiedtheCorforas with the ^Itar-clothes^ pHrfo-
fiffg to m^ke the people heleette^ that the Hoji hadUoud
miracfiloujly,
0»eEp^chiu% a Priefl^onChri/lmas Eene, being at
M3itcns,refortedofieft tohisowmhoufe to drink^euen
after midnight : whereby hee was made incapMe to re*
ceiue theblejjed Sacrament onChriftmas day^a's hatting
in the beginning thereof at midntghtjbrokenthe Fajl.
The chiefe of the Townebeeing allied ^vnto him^ not
knomng offuch his intemperance^ defired him to ftng
Maffe. Hee^ as hee was prefamptuom^ vndertook to
celebrate. Btttasheereceiuedthe heaucnly Ho(i^ fud-
denly hee began toney like a horfe, to tumble and wal-
lovpon thegroundf tofome at the mouthy andtodeltuer
<vp the blejfed Sacrament^ which hee was not able to
[wallow: "Vponthe difgorging of which ^ itwasfeene to
bee carried aw^y ^vifibly m the aire. The Priejl beeing
in this plight^ hee was by his kir.red b&rne out of the
church/enMimngJ»biect to thefaUtngficknefJ'e alWh
life.
Surius in vitaS. Godefridi<,/.3.r.i2.
Ir feemes to mc no more flrange now to hearc
ofa drunken Pried, of the Icfuiticall fraternity ^
then when I read Fetrus Cluniacenfis i^bbas his
book; inwhichheercporrsjoffomc forty and
odde Benedtcian ^jMonks^ and Dominican Friers,
that
V ,»ttT.mM_, . fv^ar.
. * ■ >
The Foot out oftht Snare.
that were moft famous and notorious Letchers
and Lredinbachius hath a Catalogue of others,
who were ConmnrS'^Jhomasdcantiprato^ofdm^xs
others, who were very wicked andcarnall, one
of which had his mouth and nofeputrifiedjthat
none could tolerate to look on him : another of
which, a fire from heauen confumed the hands
and amies to his cubits, during his beeing atthc
Altar. PetrHS DAmUnat and FalUdius report of
fix other Priefts that were Sodomites'^ one of
which was hideoufl/ deformed with a canker,
another deuoured of a wilde beaft, and therefl
miferably ended their daies. AUchis is ftoried
by their ownc Writers.
Seuerall Miracles haue beenc done in EngUnd
and el(c-whcre, faith F. Rtchard Conway the le-
fuite, by the honouring of Saints Retiques-^ which
Protcftants (faith hej i^ ill not heed.
One M. Anderton^i Lancafhire GentUfnan^Wds
cured of the Stone Jby the Jteitques he had of F.Campi-
an the hleffed Saint :^ being afterwards of another dif-
eajey laid out [of or dead ( vt ei lam pv»lliccs h^aren-
tur ) that his thumbed rvere bound ; by the Mp of the
faid Martyr^ hisflefh beeing iaidvpon his body^ he was
' raifedtolife.
Rich. Conway in^pol.p^g.iSi.
What prodigies are thefe^ What horrible
impicticsJAre they not Anti-chrijli&c Pfeudo-chri-
G2 A
5?
Lih^ I xolUt,
ThaCantip./.
i,de propriitat,
Apnm part.6^
Pet. I^^m/pec,
exempt. D.i.F.
77. Pallad /»
feci. 1 7.'
This is like
vnto diuers
__44_
the blafphe-
mous Fables*
which yoa fhal
fihde in the
Reuelationsof
iS^int Bridge ty
/;i».4.orlike
thatofff^v^/
the Frier, m
comment./)!
c4j>.6,A.por,
Aug Jeverd.
Gregor.^ow.
iq.tn Eudti^,
Paul.Bombin.
in vit.Mdrt.
Campian,
— > I ■1111 ■ ■ M1^^^— I w^^w^—a— m^^'^^^^^i—^lM^IM
77;e Foot out of the Snare*
ftt^ thacbrcarhc out thefe damnable forgeries^:
that fliame not toaffirme, that the bones of a
Trayt$r can rdtfiadeddmanfls did eUas his bones^
or that thcfie/i 0/ Campia/f, could performcthac
which was fo much admired in our Sauiour
himfelfe, when hee wasamongft ^vs in thejlefh I
How can they but blufli at thefc things 1 When
Father Cdmpian came an i^fo^le into EngUnd^
there was an £4r/^'^/i<iiE'^( fay they ) and fo there
might well bee. "Hdy tht great helUfW^Jlminfter
touldofitfelfe. Bat that I think is a lye. When Father
Caspian was arraigned, ludge Seth his finger burfi
cut A-bleeding through hisgloue^ Thames ouerfiovoed^
and diuers other obferuations haue our impoftur
rizingRenagadoes. Butthofe falrleffe gullcries
arc no whit anfvverable to this iheir villainous
and prophane ficSion. If M. t^nJerton were
thusftrangelyraifed, itismaruell his friends in
Lancajhire fpeakenot of it^with- many of whom I
conuerfed,& am iurc (had it bin true)would haue
recircd this tale in their difcourfe. Againcjf iJ^*
liques bee thus powerfull, I wonder they had not.
tryed, & brought fome of them for the rcuiuing
oftheirPr/>/?f, or any other of them that were,
killed at the Black- Priers : or why made they not
vfe of fbme ofthem/or the curing ofLady Black-
(lones^ and fuch as were,by the milchance at the
Black'Friersfavc wounded 'f
CampiansSaiot'Jhip furc came but from Tiburn*
Andyctwhatadmirablevcrtuedoe our Papifts
conceiuetobecinchepoore Reliques o? Story i
Felton^
The Foot cut of the Snare.
45
FeltffrJj Sommert$ilc^ x^rdm^ Parry ^ Lopez,^ Garnet^
CamfUny and the reft ofthat SAtm-trdUorly Crue?
The very paring of their nailes doth help ta dva
PfirdcUs.Thdt pictures are fo fanftified^that they
are hung ouer the Altars. And I much marucll,
there were neuer ftrange wonders performed by
the wood $f the Tree ^tTiharn • confidering,it hath
been bleflcd by (bmc of their (acred bodies, and
bedewed with their laft fpritefull breath. But
did you neuer hearc of Campians girdle thit hee
wore f Then reade one Mdmundshh book of mi-
TAcles^ and that will tell you ftrange newes : Hie-
rfifoljma (inquit) bene mm ad quern pertinuit :Ti-
turn us nonignorat^ qui lecm erat <vii Titer ipfe
Campianus martyrio c^rouAtm erst : lerufalem
(quoth hee) knowes this girdle : for, it girded-
about the Sepulchre of our Sauiour. Tiburne
knowes it, the place where Bather Campun rccei-
ucd his crown of martyrdome : yea^faith he fur-
ther, andthe Diuels knowe it, who deteft all fiich
manner of geerc, and whom it hath vexed (b
fore, that it hath put them to extreme torments.
This Girdle cured Lepers^ thehlinde^the dumby all
manner of difeafes. If the Girdle that imbraced
onely his bare apparell^could doo fuch miracles, \
what then fliould I think of the Rope that imbra- '
ced Father (^ampian'sholy neckYyet I heare of
no wonders done by that. The befbtted ^gyp-
tianSy that kifTed, with earneft deuotion, the jiffe
vpon which the idollljis fate ;and the lymphati-
call FrieHsoi jB;i^/, that lanced their owne flefli |
G 3 before '
Cdmfidns gir-
dle.
5<5
Pfal.
Conway in
The Foot out of the Snare.
before an Idoll of wood, had as much religion,
and I think more wir than our moderne Rdique-
fAuers haue. God hath giucn them ouer to thefpu
rii cfillujion^ to beleeuc vnfauory lies. He that fits
in the heanensjAughs themtofcern. Almighty God,
with his jingels ^vid Satnts^mW haue them (thefc
mif-fhapen monfters) in derifion.
L^ Virgin^ a kmfwomaft oftmne^ ftith Coawdy an
Englijb priefty Vf as freed from the Diuell^ by anowting
her f elf With ojle^ into which another PrioH that frayed
for her^ had mingled his 7eares»
Ithink,ofIatedaies our Romifh Friejlshzwt
wept too little, and laught too much : and that is
the reafbn, we are peftrcd with more fiends,than
friends. But when the fword of iuftice is drawn,
and infli(5ied according to the waight andmea-
fure of their deteftable defignes, wt- fliall,! hope,
haue fewer of them come ouer. This Couey of
night-birds may fhrowd themfelues warme vn-
dcr the gentle wings of their holy Father at Rome,
I am fure^as yet they play the Bats and Mole^ with
fome of our Countrey-men ; either trenching
themfeluesin the Mines of their Labyrinths a-:
home,or masking in their gold & filuer abroad,
in the fafliion of Rake-hels & Ruffians. If,about
Howtokenne' Bloomefburyox HolborneythoumQQt a good fmug
Fellow in a gold-laced fuit, a cloke lined I borow
with veluet,onethatharh good ftorc of coin in
hispurfe, Rings on his fingers, a W;? ch in his
pocket.
or rmell a
Prieft.
Tf^e Foot out of the Snare.
pocket, it may be of Tome thirty-pound price, a
very broad-laced Band, a Sriletfo by his fide, a
manathisheelcs, willing (vpon fmall acquain-
tance) to intrude into thy company, and ftill de-
firing further to infinuare wich thee- then rake
heed of a Iefuite,of the prouder fort of Priefts.
This man hath vowed paucrcy. Feare not to truft
him with thy wife : he hath vowed alfo chajlny.
But are Priefts te^res fo precious, that they arc
an ^f/Z/W/^r^againftthepoifon oiDiuels?0\\ yes:
who knowes nor, that there is admirable power
in a Priefts ^rw/^, his gUues^ his hofc^ hlsghdle^hxs
{InrtSy to fcortch the Diuell ; in his Albe^ his k^-
mid, his Mmpleykv\d his Stole^xo whip and plague
the DiiielltT Or hath none read of the dreadfull
power of Holy y^Ater, hallowed Candles^ Frankin-
cenfe^ Brimjlone^ the Bo$k fif Exorcifmes^ and the
hdyfotm^to fcald, broil,and to fizlethe Diuell c*
of (tie dreadfull power of the Crofje^ ^nd Sacra -
mem of the t>f //4r, to torment the Diucll,and to
make him roar ^ If any think thefertrange, I re-
ferre him to a Book written by D.Harfemt, now
Btfhop of Norwich^ the Title whereof I liaue fet in
the Ma' gent : and you ftiall finde,that one Father
'Edmunds^ alias ^'e/loff^ F^DibdaU^ F^Thomfbn F.
1 Stemp^ F lyrreH^ F.Dryland^ F.Tulke^ F ^Sherwood,
F. IVitikefieldj F.UM.udy F. Dakim, and F. BalUrd^
Priefls and Jffuitfs,haue ftoutly and ftrongly con-
firmed all this long fince. Ifthe Book cannot ea-
fi!y beegotten^Iwifhitmightbee imprinted a-
gain^ for that ihc Priefts cxorcifing power is
there
57
A Declaration
of egregious
Pop'fh Impo-
ftuic5jto with-
draw the harts
ot his Maic-
fties Subjcfts
from their al-
leageancCjand
from the irutb
ofChriftian
RehgiorijXjW.
f.X4, 15.16. iS
Cr 20.
*»-
48
Pliiyw htfl.Hdt,
Ouia.
Virgil.
Homer.
The Foot out of the Snare.
there fully difcoucrcd : and I hauc heard, that
rlie moft of thcfc Books which were formerly
printed, were bought-vp by Papifls, who (no
queftion) took fo much delight in reading them,
that they burned as many as they could pofllbly
get of them* But, to acquaint* you with the
fti ange power of a CAth$Uque Priejls hteMh : Fli^
in his Naturall St0ry,tcls v$ of certain people,that
doo anhe[$tt$ orU tncuve homines^ kill*men with the
breath that comes from their mouthcs. And Zf-
win the Comedy is noted to bee of fo ftrong a
breath, that hcc hadalmoftblownedowne the
young Gallant that flood in his way : but the
foets cell vs, that Hell huh 4 more deadly breathing
iW4//;foasifaBird doo by chance flee ouer
the J'9gw»F&/»/rf,fhee is quelled with the fniell,
and fals down ftark dead. Now, the company of
Fr;(/?i, for potency of^r^4/^, doo put down Pfi-
»;, Zrw, Hell^ thcDiuelltxnd all : for, the Diucll,
who can well enough indure the lothfome odors
and euaporations of hell, is not able to indure
the vapour ifliiing from the mouth of a Prieftj
but had rather go to hell, than abide his fmell.
And henceit is (I think), that, in their baftixirtg
of children , the "PrieB breathes and fpets into the
mouth of the childe : which (no doubt) is very fb-
ueraignc,efpeciallyifthe/>wj7; lungs bee but a
little vlcerated or pockified. One Wtlliam Tray^
/ord^Sind Sarah Williams (as you fliall readein B/-
/hop Harfenefs Book, page 71.) hccing pojfejffed^
Tray fords Diuell rebounded at the dim of the priejls
breathy
The Foot out of the Snare*
49
Men^ui the
Canoiiiftgi.
"eth vs a rule,
thatif the Di-
born, and will
not obey the
formidable
exorcifme of
the Prieft^thcn
that the Pricft
fhall difttum
quAWproxime
w«w admouere.
heath ^diXidwzs glad to get him out at Trdj/fordi
fighteAfc^ likeamoufe^ rather than he would come
out jump agab/S the prie/fs mouth* S^rah Williams
lay pAfi allfenfein a tranfe^ being utterly bereanedef
ail herfenfei at once: thepriefi no fooner came neer her^
but fbe difcerned him by thefmell. Was not this a
jolly rank fmell < Yea, but this is but a flea-biting
to the priejls gloues y his hofe ^ his girdle ^ his jhirts^
which had in them a dreadfull power toburnc
out a Di^ucll, nay, all the Biuels in the parties a-
f^oxeiudpojjeffed. Which Diuels^eczuk thepriejls
knew ^o Will their names, fliall not heer go vnci-
ted ; Luliie Dick^ Killico^ Hob^ Corner-cap^ ^^jf^-^ PageiSi.
Pnrre^ Prateretto^ Bltberdigibbet^ Haberdicut , Coco*
battOy Maho. Keiltcocam^ Wilkin^ Smolkin^ luftte iolly
lenkin^Fortertcho, Pudding ofThame^PoHr-diettyhon-
ioptry Motubiztanto^NHr^Bcrnon^Delicate, The chief
of thefe Diuclsjwhen one of the priehgloues was
bur put vpon thepoJfejJedC% hands,durft not abide,
but was feared, and went ftraight away. One of
the great D/W/i was dipt, ere he was aware, into
Sarah Wthaxns legge : where finding him-
fdfcaught within the Pwi?i^i?/^ which flie had
on, he plunges and tumbles like a SalmontA.ei\ in
a Ner, and cries, Harroho : out alas ! pull of, pull off:
eafe the poor e Diuell of his pain {ohy^ goodly ginne
to catch 3 Woodcock witball). O but let me tel!
you ofanothcr trick, though not fo cleanly as I
could wifli. OneF/W(Landief]crotheD^tf^///>-
carnate) was wafliing a Buck of foule clothes ; a-
mongft which , was one of the Priefi-Exorcifts
H fhircs.
Pagc8x»
Page $/.
50
I^Age 8^^,
fage^on:
77;e Foot out of the Snare.
'^^^MP«M«M«4alM
fliirts. The Diuell comes fncakingbehinde her,
crips vp her heeles/and pitcheth her on her hip.
And wot you why the Diuell pls^^d her this vn-
manncrly trick c' Becaufefhe vvaswafhing-ouc a
foulc fhirc of one of the Pri efts, which afterward
ferued ro whip the Diuell out of one of the pof-
fejjed. Thereare yet other t^mi-damentacks oi
fpcciall account, which, in. the Diuell-hunting
rporr,areinfl:ead of little Beagles to fill vp the
Cry. And they are the -^w/Vtf, the L^/^^, and the
holy Stffle^yciy fcorpions and whips indeed ;
and therefore beware, Diuell. F.EdmmJsno
fooner laid the y^mice vpon SarahWtlUamshcx
face, but a fpirit puffed at ir, and could not en-
dure to let it alone. The facrcd Stole was but
wound about anothers neck that \^^%fojf€jfsd,%x\i.
it fo pent and begirt the Diuell, that hee flared,
fumed and fomcd,as he had been ftark mad^and,
in the end.was fqueezed out wich pure violence,
as water out of a fquirr. An heroicall combate
was performed between Maho^ one of the diucis,
and the Prieft, during feuen hourcs long, MaIoo
the diuell ftood vpon his guard^would nor come
in. He was fummoned by the Prieft, firft,with
Sdue Regtn&^z^^Kyiue Mm^ '^ then with Mertgm
club, with his whip, wirh Holy-Wdter, Mahfi ftood
out, till the Prieft prepared himfelftoafflicS him
with the -3/<iw/>/^.* and then hecamcin, andyeel-
ded to parley or dialogue vj^-'ith the Prieft in a
milde and temperate voice.See thepuifFance of
the Catholique Romifli Church, whofe fillieft
rag_
^ ■■■ ■ ■■■■«■■■ II n^ i.i.. Miiiaa II ■■■■ — ^■^— i^^
Tie Foot out of the Snare.
rag bath power to change the diuels roaring
BOtejandtocaufehimtofpcskc in amilde mo-
derate key I Lateunguismherhd :zmzv\ would
little fufped, when he meets with the t^wice,
the J'/tf/(?,andthe kManifle^ wound vpin a little
casket, that there were fuch black hel-metall
within them, to excoriate andlancinate adiuell.
But I conclude : Niji ndnijs.tricisyetpupfis 'vfi
fjfetRcmd^fcenAsUmdiHdedijfet : If it were not
for puppctSjapes-faces, and g^wdes5with which
Rome allures , maskcs, and difguifes the poore
filly peoplejfhce had long fince fung the dolefull
Song mentioned in holy Writ 5 "Defohtmemxg-
nadefolaueJl^ettHrpitudoeiusgentibmreuelata ; that
is^Jhethad bincleanedefolate^ and her turpitude had
heene opened to the eyes of all the world. As for all the
tricks and iugglingfhifts (fo often difcouered)
which the PnV/ijthefe Esorctjls^ 'vfe-^the Exorcifi
driuing the Diuell within the lifts of the pofef-
fed body (with Come zloit^lack-an-apes) from one
part to another: to what enddocall thefc their
dealings tend, but to thisproiecft, that the ftan-
ders-bymaybeperfwadedoffomepoint of Po-
pery,ox of the Priejls power ouer the Diuels <
If any Chriftian in thefc daies hath been true-
lyand really pofTefled by the Diuell, and if the
Romifli Pricfts haue truely fuch a fcourging
power to whip out Diuels, why vfc they it not
effecSlually when moft need is^ For example 1
There was one M.Blewet, amanofgreatreue-
newcSjandoncM.F^Ty^/^a man no leflcfamou-
H 2 fed.
51
All tlicfe tricks
and many
tDore were
aftcd 2LtVert'
hani in Buckt)}^"
ImnPoirCy about
thcyeer 1590,
5^
TfyeFoot out of the Snare.
fed,both of which either were or fcemed co bee
indiuelled. How ofrcn had they beene £x*
firci&ed in this Kingdom, by Pr amis Kemp ^hy Ph'h
lip [VoodwArd ^ by F. Edmunds^ by ^.CAwpim^
by B.Sherwin^ by F. hil^ by P.VVdpool^ and di-
uers others, butefpccially, F.C^///«|g/(;;^, and F.
i^-armif^gtm^ who often promifcd, they would
make the Diuell fpeake in M. Blewet^ and M- Fo-
wdL Bnc asthofetwohadmanyfweating com-
bares heerc in England^ fo had they tormentings
at Lpretta, Sichem^Lile^L9UAine^Doway,&c elfwherc
beyond thci^^A^^andallthcconfolation which
they found, was to returne worfc, and farrher
from hope of ddiuerance,then when they went.
ThtVo^i^h/anSmrits rather added ftrcngth to
the diucls. And yet our Pfipip Thrafonical Priejls
will brag&boaft,that they can tofle a diuell like
aTennis-bdly ox a Deg in a blanket'^ whereat they
are very nimble^efpecially in apoflfcfTed woman^
invvhofe body they can canuas a diuell by con-
tredarion and certaineinclianting nips, making
him ferret vp and downe, from tongue to toe,
from toe back againe to finger. Oh the formi-
dable magicall power of facrcd anointed hands^
not onely infufing chaftity but alfo fanflity by
their touch !
I could hccre fet foorth another Theatre of
their Emoreifing plots and attempts, to vveer^thefr
^x^^irm^yNiihGraceScwrehms of Salmisbum^ m
the County of LAjiuftern^ whom one ib&mfon^ a*
liasSouthworth^ a Prteli^ caufcd to accufc lenna
Bierly^
77;^ Foot out of the Snare,
5?
Buriy^ Helen Mierly^znd lane Southworth^ (the one )
of them her Grand-mother) oiWttchctAJt^ of the
killing ofthechilde of Thomas Wdfhman^ with a
NaileintheNaui]|,the boyling, caring and oy-
ling, thereby to tranf-formcthcmfelues into di-
uersfliapes : all whichjat the o^f/^^holdenat
Z4»f4/?^r,proouedtobefalfe;andthe faid Grace
Sovprebuts confcfTcd^tbat flie was perfwaded and
counfeMcJtoaccufe the faid parties oflVitchcraft^
by M. Th$mfon^ aliaSy M. Chri^ofher Seuthworth a
Ffiefiy whocomploced this, togaineto himfclfe
fbme credit by cxorcifing, or vnvyitching her.
This confeflion of Grace Sowrebnts, with the Exa-
mination of others, who difcouered thePriefts
impious dealings, was taken before PfV/&^;w Z^/^?/;,
Batchclor in Diuinity, and Edward Chi/haU EC-
quire, two of his Maieftiesluftices of peace in
that County. Sure, thefc iuggling exorcifmcs
are but ordinary with Priefls andlefuircs: bur
fuch a malicious and bloudy proie(5i of fuborna-
tion, muft bee a maflcr-trick of fomefubhrned
fpirir, fit to inftrucfi a nouice JffaJ^ine^ and to read
aLccSurc in the Icfuitcs dark chamber of medi-
tation.
For the next vnmasking of our Mirahilaries,, I
might adde the iV^^rr4//^;i of ccrtaine Friejls^
pra(Si(ing with the BayafBilfon, ^nnaiSii.
whofe name was William Perry. Sonne of T"/;*?.
Perry of Bilfon^ in the County oi Stafford, But be-
caufe there hath beencfo lately atruedifcou^ry
of the notorious la^pofturcs of certainc Romifl) j
H 3 PrieHs,
This was done
about 14 ycers
ago.
The Exami-
nation were
putlinctin
print by T/ji-
nus PoffyEC"
quire. •
The Boy of
Bil/oH.
m
The Foot out of the Snare.
Jttprsfdt.hh,
Two Maids
pofleft with
the Virgin
Mdry,Mich4ii
the Arch»An
gellAc
Two Tibmn-
martyrs.
Fr/^ijin their pretended Exorcifmc or expulfi-
on ofthcdiucU out of the faid young Boy^ Ire-
fcrre you to M. Rich.Baddeley his book vpon that
occaGonwricten ; andlintreatyou toconfider,
whether they defcruc not the reputation of the
rareft Mounte-banks of thefc times. ^Amfalfa
dicencio volaptAtem ceferint^ eandem veraUgendo et
audiendo AmitunU
About fomc (euen yeeres fince, tx9$ CAtholic\ut
tuMaids^ forfoothjthe one called Marjfy theother
c/fwry^^reforting to the Gatehufe in IVeJiminjler^
took fuch benefit by the Priefts^conuerfation
with them, Becing fometiraes fequeftrcd from
all the world bcfidcs, that they were cafl: into
^xMrir^// raptures, ^ndpojfe^ed^ not with Diuels^ as
the vulgar fort of thofe that vndergoe the Friefts
hands, but with heauenly and glorious guefts,
pretended to enter intothem^and inhabit them,
to the great admiration of the ftupid, gullifyed,
Reminiung beholders, and to the no fmall re-
nowne of the Spiritmll F4/^^r/ then prefent • F.
Ben(t^F,Ajion^B,Palmer^PManz*, In verydeed-
lawjthey were fomtimesj^^j^/? with the Virgin
(JW4;'^,other*while with Saint Michael the Arch-
Angeil, Saint Jchfj the Baftiji^ M. Mdineux the
Martyr, and M. -ff^^^r/ithe Martyr, and diuers
j other afwell Mafculinc as Feminine Sa ints^and,
( in the name of thcfc Saints^ did gm^hUpngs to
' fuch as wereprefent. The fubftance of which
narration hath been, vpon the Examination of
one of theiBEx^rr/^ijConfefTcd. Yet when this
was
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55
One HdPfTy 5
Mi»tf, Hance
pofTtfTed with
the blefled
Trinity^
was blo.vne abroad, and beganne to breed fcun-
dall vnto the Caiholick cmfe.^ oncofthemaides
gaue-ouer her pretended gueft, and the other
was fecretly conueyed away.
Oneof theforenamcd Priefls calling himfclf
Edward Hinzj^diAs ^ H/ince^ borne at Luiterworth
in Leiceflerjhire^ had a crick beyond all his fcl-
lowes, and darft afpire fo high, as to pretend
himfeife to bee caft into a decpe admirable cxta-
a^^ and to bee corporally /^/Jj/J^^i {h&rrefc9 refe-
rens)whhthe OUIfidTrinUie, Neither was hce
more abominably knauifh in this his Imptiden-
ch^ then fomc of his owne Coat, who were then
blockifhiy fooli(h in their credulity. For fome of
themjWhenhceacfledrhis his Trmurian rapture,
cameand kneeled to him, hxingmg Obluims m-
fltci n^mer 0, to pxckmwntoihQTrinity^mhzhmng
this Mounte-banke. Among which gifts prcfcn-
ted by ihckLox^els^ one was gM-catne^ an oblati-
on neuer vnacceprable to thofc that pretend
creareCreAtorem, That it is nofl^5lion in mee to
relatethis their fiition, may appeare by the Exa -
mmtifin of the faid ffaffx^isken.^Iulif'^, i6i(5. be-
fore the L. Arcbifliop oi Cdnterbury ^ the LL*
BB. ofzW^^j Lincolne^ Rochejler^ Litchfield, the
Deaneofy?^<f/?w/;^^r,and Sir W^i Bird, D. of the
Law : before whom hedenieth not fuch his rap^
ture md voffeKion. For bccipp then demanded,
whether he^ euer took on him to Wt pojfeffed^ ofthcExamu
v;ith the hlejfed Trinity ^f^y'm^ of himfelfej /G^^j nation.
the Father^ that made th^ world -^ 1 Gad the Sonne ^
that
VerhAthn^ OOt
5(5
-
This H^fwj" with
his cogging
tranfe^ is Co
bold and blaf-
phcmous,as to
allude vntoS.
P4«/j- rapture,
I Cor«i2,^
The Foot out of the Snare.
thai redeemed the worlds I God the h&ly Ghofl^ that
fan^ijicdthevpfirld^theghrtcus^ hlejfed and vrjdif4i-
ded Trinity^ doegiueyou my hlepng^ and doe command
joa to adore mee: And beeing further asked,whe-
ther fomc that wereprefent, did not adore him,
and Come other refufed : hecanfvvered, Jhat^nce
or twice when hee was about tkofe a6itons^or in the In-
tcriai of them, he was in a tranfe ^ and hisfoule did fee
^eryfupernatrtrall and admirable toy es : andthen whe-
ther God almighty or an t^ngell c hee will not med-
dle with ft, bat referreth it to God i^lmigky andkis '
church) ffakein the name of God and the blejfed Tri-
nity^ andgauea Bleftng^ and that him/elf e at thofe
times^ had no former inhimfelfe^ but that the Organs of
his body were 'vfedtoafupernaturdlpttrpofe^ and by a
diftine orfufernaturaUcaufe : ^yindas God did caufe
the i^iretofpeaky ingiuing downe the Law^ faying ,
I AM THE LORD THY GOD;
and did caufe Bal^iams t^ffeto vtterwords: fohee
mtght caufe the Organs of this Examinates body^ to
ffeak as bejlf leafed the will of his diuine uMaieJly:
and the truth of the whole d£iion^ hee doth refer re to
God Almighty and his Church. C^nd he doth fay fur^
thtr for his fart ^that no humane ferfon whitfoeuer li-
uing can ^fe theNameofthebleJfed Trinitj \ faying^
I the bleff d Trini y blellc yo\}^withoutfinne\'v»-
leffe God almighty doo take the creature , andfpeake in
him: and then it is Godsoxvne word^andnot the word
of the p Arty, hut touching adoration , there was no com-
mandement ofit^ to his remembrance .• a^difany didit^
tt Was %o more than due to tioe eternall Trinity ^ who
maybe adored mall places. This
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57
Apoc.13.^.
I. Tim,4. jjZy
I-
This impoflure, though ncucr fb odious and
I blafphemous, yet flew abroad^ and was foftered
as a true Miracle. For confirmation whercof,rc-
porc was added, that this holyPrieft thus pof^
fcfled by the Trinity ^v^ diking 'vp anddcwn thejlreets
daily amfingU the Hereticks^yet none of them had the
fmer to affrehendor Uy hands on him,
I could acquaint you with other his horrible
and facrilegious impieties : but let this fuffice.
It was foretold by Saint /^^»5 that their adulte-
rous Mother fhould hauc her mouth full of bUf-
phemies ; which , to her fliarae, wee doo now
obferue. And according to that of the Apoftle,
The fpirit ffeaketh exfrejly^ that in the latter times^
fomefhall depart from thefaithygiuing heedtofedttcing
ffirits^ and doctrines ofdiueU^fpeaking lies in hypocri-
Jie^hauing their confciences feared with an hot iron :
which bceing the propertie of falfe prophets, it
is more then manifcft, who are fpecifiedjCfpe-
cially if wee ponder thofe words of the Apoftle,
Such fhould forbid marriage^and command men to ah-
Jlainfrom meats ^if^c.
To thefe two iaft blafphemies, it will not bee | in vk.s^B,^
2iTA{fctoo.dd€Vfh3itou\'PapiJlsrcpo\to{'Katharine
of Sienna Jhe (forfooth) ^ndc hrifilefus^hy an ad-
mirable kinde orpcmmtztion^didentercharge their
hearts ; (b t hat Chrifl hzd the heart of Katharine -^ and
Katharine^ that oF chrifl. Oh you ignorant and
dcfpcrately fupcrftitious Pontijicians^vvho iuftifie
this Fable I Obferue you note vndciftand you
nor, that this miraculous chaffering of hearts
I fubuerteth
KatharinVe
Sienna.
^>crf Baron.
amo loiS.jf.j.
The Foot out of the Snare,
CommifGon
Records.
M.J^;f/>,
fubuertcdi a very Principle ot Chriftian Rcligi-
onCreceiuedalfo by your felucs) which isjthat
^ttod Chrijlus femel Ajjumpjtt^ nunquam dimijit ^
what Chrifl: did once aflTume (,ro weet,by hypo-
ftaticall vnion ) heneucr left the fame.
I cannot by the way omit a fantafticall relati-
on of the P4/'^/, which I read in Edrmius^ how
the Virgin Mary 'vifitedFulbert in his ficknes, and
gdtiehim her breajis tofucky much comforting him
thereby*
Ibeleeue, there efcapcd at that time fome
drops of milk from PuWenus his lips, hee bceing
not accuftomed to fuck,and thofc are they which
are kept in a filucr image ohh^VirgmMary^m her
Church at Rhemes^ and are there worfhipped.
There was of late,'z//5>.4;;.i52i.one imprifoned
cither in the Gate -b^ufe ox Newfrifon^ who cald
himfelf AV»?/^;? ; he pretended, he had a Vifi&nhy
night of the Virgin Mary appearing vfito him^and
faying, Newion^fee that thou d$o not take the oath ef
alleageanct. And being of this publiquely exami-
ned, and askedj How he knew it to be the Virgin
oVl^r; which appeared^ he anfwered, I kneVfi it
vpasfhce : for ^Jhe appeared vnt& me in the forme of her
Affumftion. Of what nature that idle Vifion was,
the Reader may findc in \AM^idrington^v^\iO han-
dleth the fame^ and doth in part di/couer the va-
nity thereof. A pretty Argument this was againft
taking the 04^^. Since I heard thereof, I asked a
Prieftjwhat he thought of this vifion of Newton's.
Hee told mce,that This Newron was a very holy
nfan
7
59
The Foot out ofthi Snare.
m^n^andhdth had other vijlons befides that :r»hichif
he/hould repeat ^would make a man tremble and quake.
Hereticks (quoth he) haue n^fnch vijions ^ heauen-
ly apparitions. I knowcnot whom he meant by the
word Hereticks: but if he mean vs ProteBants, who
haue more reafon to inuert the phrafe vpon
themjfure^wcarenotfuchliftncrs to miracles.
frodigia nullafacimm: figna nulla edimus : we tvork | Aco({.ierJe
nowonders: weefhcwnovifions^as Acojiazlz^ f^futin^orJ^
fuite of theirs once afTeuerantlydeh'uered.
Our Sauiour Chrift himfclf (as Saint Jugujline
obfcrueth) hath giuen^s a caution again!^ thejfe mi-
racle-mongers 5 willing ^sto take heed^ that we be not
deceiued. YQZ.,t\\tix ownc Treacher Stella (whom
of late rime they haue gelt, as they doo all other
their Writers, when they meet with any thing
that makes not for their turn) entring into this
contemplation, taught publiquely, that Miracles
now would rather be an hinder an ce vntofaith*
m I oh. J
Stel. m Luc. 1 1
Katharine deBus, dwellinginthe CityofLilc^
in the County ^Flanders, in tfje yeere 160 2. was
poj/effed of the Diuell • infomuch that (hee could bee
fcarce a quarter of an hoare in peace ^without beeingfea-
z^ed'vpon and troubled by the enemie : which made her
fpeake{tothepurfofe) diuers forts 0 f Language Sy as^
Hebrew^ Greeke^ and Latine. When they came neere 1
*vnto her with the blejfed Sacrament of the K^ltar^fhee '
writhed and wrefled her f elf e frangely^ both with her ,
leggs,armes^andback^gnafhing her teeth ^ and grizzly 1
drawing of her mouth . The parents of this wench la- I
1 2 boured
Tf^e Foot out of the Snare.
\^'
houredfomuch^ that poet was dmrs tmesexorcifeJ.
fomeUTfjesbiceytAine FatbcrsoJ the order df the Capa-
cbmsy fometimes by other Friejis : 'vnto whom the
wcked Spirits anffveredm diuers LdnguAges^confeptig
dt that time ^ that they xoere feuen in number. They j
[fake jdiuersimurions things^ and told the faults of di- \
uers that were prefect. No meanes could bee ^fed for j
thicajlingotttofthefewkkei, Fiends ^ till there was]
found a man that was come from Mountaguc, and
had brought with him a piece of the Oke of our Ladle,
[^■hereupon, one Sir Siluefter Dennys, who came to
Iseher^ took the f aid piece ^ and made the Patient toe it
it : and immediatly after fhee had fwallowed it^ the
enemy ( who called himfelfe Houilliu Clicqiiec and
Clinquarc) (hewed himfelfem her throu j cryingout^
that he fcorchei and burned^ becaufe of the wood which
was enen : and hee added^ that he was compelled to de-
part-, and that there remained in her as yet three. ^nd j
beeing demanded y by whofe mer it and inter cef ton hc^
wastodepart'^ Thewickedfpiritanjwered^ O/Mary
(?/ Mountague. K^fterwards ^ beeing demanded^
whatjigne he would giue of his departure^ hee f aid ^ He
would burfi aglajfe of the Church-window* Andim^
mediatly after .^ txco of them departed with the f aid
figneofburpngthegh^e-^ and the thirds faymg that
hee was the laji oftenncjcryedout {in going foorth) with
aloud'voice^yiuc N. Dame dc Mouncague, qui
nous hififcnh': Honour bee to our Lady e f Moun-
tstouc^whomaketh^s to depart, Andfrom that day
afterwards^ the f aid Katharine remained whole and
perf^^ly free from the poffejfiorkand ^ve^cationofthe
enemie^
\\
The Foot out of the Snare.
entmie^ tntojing allherlimmes andfenfes as freely a^
euer jhee did before : In lib. intit, xJMrrAcles lately
xvroughtby the inter cej^ion of the glorious Virgin Mary
At Mountague ; md tranjlated oat of the French info
Engltjh, by Rob. ChamberSjP/Zif/^j/^g^ 2 05^.2 1 o.
etjec^.
This buzzing relation, penned and piibliflicd
-by the Prie(ls themfelues , is futeable and ( in a
fort ) paiakll to that which ^rerely tells vs of
diuQVS^how^xcdiffoJJeJJ'edofDiuels^ bykifsing of
the K^ltar andthe FrieJis veUure. But I will cap
this talc with a frefh-blccding new Story, feccht
not farre without the walles of London^
A certainc Catholicke colUffed Ladie ( whofc
rMmcIfpare, for the rerpe(5t I bearetoher bcft
fi lends ) about fome twa or three yeeres fince,
departed from her husband (yet liuing)and went
ouer to Bruxels.ind wasadmittcd into the ord^r
of Nunnerie.Itncanca T^nne at large,oheof the
vncloiftrcd fifters of the order of Saint Clare ^ and
there fliec remained a while, till there appeared
in her fomc paflibn incompatible witb T^un/hip.
Shee came ouer into £;sg/4«4?a companion with
^religious/eftiite^fmcc of gvcatnotc^ F. A and re-
maining afterwards an inlargcd ?(unne in Lon-
don ,was(as it feemcth ) more vjfibly taken with a
difeafe befalling that fexc, cMcd flatus vtmnus :
and thereupon, that this matter might bee car-
ried the more cleanely,it was giuen out,that fhec
was poffeflcd with an cuill fpirir, which did make
I ^ her
61
i*.-»^^.^,= -=;
■ Hl'lii
-•taaaastf-
6z
The Foot Out of the Snare.
f.r.
One of tkefcj
namelyjF.D.
abouthalfea
yeare aftcr^
was a chiefc
Ador in a true
lamentable
Traged/jyet
memorable by
a Downfall.
her belly to fwcll like a woman with child. Cer-
tainc ic is, many were deluded by this occafion :
and the pracftice of the Pricftsro hide her ble-
mifli 5 and gull poore people, was lewd and abo-
minable. For a certainelefuite ( whom I could
alfo name^bcing a fmug/pruce, liquorifh, young
fcllow,a fit man to bee called Father ((otCooih )at
cuery word5& of no high ftaturc- and fofit to be
adifguikdolympiff^ toacSthepart o? Cajtnain
PlaufuSyOVtozda womanized Charea in Terence
his Euf^uchus)puton the Ladies or fuch like wo-
manifli apparel,with a Vaile ouer his face :& that
fomc found Ignaro's about the Towne might be
perfwadedofthePriefts power f^rfhe cajlingeut
ofDiuels^xh^y werefuffred to come to her cbam-
berjwhere were two other Iefuites(prouided for
the purpofe^to adtheirpartsinthisComedie)^
who no fooner fell to their prayerSjand began to
vfe their exorcizing rpels5but thereupon the fup-
pofcd Ladic began to vrtcr her mind both in
Italian, Latin 2i,v\ A Greeke.vihxch much aftoniflicd
the ftanders by, they little dreaming of this
deceit. Neirher was this all; I will yet proceed
farther in this fo comicall a Narration.
It was wont, when an Interlude was to bee
a(S:edina Countrey Towne, the firftqueftion
that an Hob-nailc Spcdator made , before hec
would pay his penny to goe in, was^lVhether there
heea Dinellania Fode in the play ^, And iftheFoole
getvpontheDiuelsbacke, andbeate him with
his Cox-combe till heeroare 5 the play iscom-
pleat.
The Foot out of the Snare.
65
picar. HereisFoolcvponFoole, buxexirafce-
fiam^qfftrom the Srage^thc gaping,admiring,W
leeuing Spedlators. But to make this pageant
compleat,this difguifed Diuel mult roarci& that
was, by the bringing the confecratcd Hifji in a
PiXy and applying it vnderthe head of this Sheg-
kmHe-Iefuite^ or Hee-luhbcrly Ladj. Then his Di-
\\d'(h\^rat4eszndjlruggles^^s\l hee would rather
goctohcll ^againe, then indure the tormenting
prefenceof the Holy Fix, Diuers other feats were
performed vpon this occafion^which I will /pare
to declare^till I TGcducCommdffdon the one fide,
ox challenge on the other.
Whether flie euer heard of her felfe thus acfied
in her abfence, I know not, but fure I haue heard I
from a credible author^that /be was aftiue^or ra-
ther pafliucin one tragical part oi this Mummery -^
which ( mee thinks )flieefliould rather foraco-
ther had performed it for her. Forfooth, thefe
^iedicwAll Diuel-purgers were not to feeke for
the deuice of the confecrated fotion ( in imitation
of that which was giucntoSarahl^'f Hums at Den-
^^w before- mentioned ) : x.\\\s fotion muft make
her 'vomit^fnolcifc thcn/euenDiuelsiand to that
end, fliec was let downe into adarkc roome,
and there fliutvpfora time without light 5 and,
after the operation of this I>iuel-fcowring vo-
mit, light was lcr-in,andfcucn7'i^^^ri /hewed to
her in the place, as re^iorged by her , and be-
ing no le/Te then (doubtlc;Tc)dreadfull Diuels.
Thislaflcircum/tancel doe notaucrre vpon
know-
^4
Tl)e Foot out of the Snare.
knowledge, as a<9:ed by them 5 but rather think
it giuen-out by the party aad others, to pretend, |
that fome great miracles haue been wrought in
her,or by her,that Ihe might haue the better pre- .
tencc to haue been refcmbled vnto M4ry MigdA'
len^ out o?vihomfenen Diuels were call.
Leauing it then in tnedio^txW I receiue better in-i
formation- yet fure I am, y^^tfcarricth the namcj
oi working miracles. And indeed well may icbeej
fo faid J that/hee and her Ccpef-mites the Friejls do j
work miracles : for, to my vnderftanding, it is
little lefle than a miracle,that any of our Nation,
vncapable of Bedlam or a Bable fiiould be ftricken
with fuch ftupidity.as to beleeue in thefc laggkrs]
and Remijb Mount e hanks*
If I fliould heer recount all the Lies and Tales of
Fw/^,concerning the multitudes that haue been
difpoflefled of Diucls, by the help of a whole
Beuy of Ladies j Our Lady of Mountague^ our La-
dy of Loretto^ ovix Lady of Hales ^ and our Lady of
Sienna: no reafonable Volume would receiue or
containethem. I rcferrehim that would fpend
idle time in idle fables, to Rob.Chambers his book
before-cited, and to T.P. his book intituled, The
Hifiory ef our hlejjid Lady (f Lor em^ and to Lifjius
his dotages of out Lady offfalesy and to LHeigham
his book intituled, r^tf Lady of Sienna :^nAyou
will need no other Regifter of their Impoflures,
no golden Legend. Doting Metaphral^esy fabulous
! Lippoman flying and voraginous Jacol^fis^ fuperfti-
I tious Amoniney confufe Vincentins^ haue fb cloyed
1 the;
The Foot out of the Snare.
6^
the dwellers 'vfcn earth with dclufions and lies ,
that (for very ihame) the Papifts haue exploded
and pared out of their Perteffes^ind Ereinaries ma-
ny and fundry-ef their fabulous Hiftories, being
indeed forced thereunto by the derifions & out-
cries of Chriftiansagainftthem. Yea, cUudm
Effencxfps (one of their owne) tellcs vs, that their
Legends and Pmejfes were as full of idle vanitie$3
as any Stables 'could be full of dung. What fruit
X9as there in thofe things ^v;>herofjOH are now afhamed f
Who (me thinks) could bee fo bewitched, as
be born iin hmd^that^hffufewa^ carried in the aire
fr&m Paleftina/^ Loretto ; that a Dalmatian PrieB
comming many miles to Lcrett0y^nd carrying vp
with his hand his bowels quite puHcd out ot hh
belly,by one oncly praicr to our Lady there, was
inftantly h ealed ; that a blockifh Image in a wall,
doth work as high miracles, as euer were perfor-
med by the cternall Sonne ofGod 5 that* Saint
Francis hud the prints of our Sauiours wounds;
that the two Tails oi^ur Sauiours ^ffe^ the s two
heads of Saint John the Baptili^y the milk of ourblef-
fed Lady y are this day to iee/een^ that az the great
° Lake oivllfer^ Saint Patrick (who chafed ail the
venomeoutof lreland)is one day by the Pyie/ls
yet vifible,and that "^ they haue thn conference with
him\ beiide^thatthcre is a wonder-working Pur-
gatory of hiS; that a "^Carmelit came lately to Paris^
and there faying Maflfe^euery day, at the eleua-
tion ofthe confecratedHofi^ himfelf was ftill eleua-
tcd or hoifed on cock-horfe into the aire 5 that F.
K Ste-
Elpcnc.r;* i ai
Lc.i.ii.
Rom.6. 1 1
r.P.page 40.
T.P.page 181,
1 8i. This is as
trucj^s was
our V^matUn
yentriofm Mdr-
CU4 AntoyiiM.
droHNaucIer.
Coftemm. .
FSjofmBdptiJJj
head {hewed
both at Amiotts
and at '[{orKe.
n Vravc-Saks in
his introduift.
toad^uourhfe
* AsKz^rw^hadj
with the I
I nyinph Ae^rnM
*A Carmelite
curuetting^re-
portcd by all
the Prices
i\o^ 'mlnndon :'
and one of j
thcmfwore toi
mc^that hee i
faw It. \
66
If any man,
bcias ^o niilw
from London,
want an Hack-
ney to carry
himbackjlet
him hire F.
Steuens gallo-
ping CrpHe.
77;e Foot out of the Snare.
r/i.the true
Chriftian Ca-
tholick,\vritten;
by J Hsi^ktm.
Vd.d. Book in-,
tit.The life Sc
death of £<i-
muni Genam^Sf}.
pige 86.
Pagep^.
A Tale of
Heigham^ vt
Steuens a T>riejl (now in London) hath a Crojfe ^
whereunro arc affixed fomcReliqucsof adcad
Martyr, one M^'JH4xfield: which CrofTe beeing
ftolne from him, and carried one day almoft fifty
miles (as was known), the night following^caraie
back ofitsowne accord, and hee found it in the
morning vnder his beds head : which Crofle,
furely,m'ufl: beea-kinnetoa Stone in o^/i^/^/^,
reported to be of that property, that how-farre-
foeuera man carried it in theday,it would return
of it fclf at night into the Hand 5 that the very
fight of G4rnetsjlraw hath made (at Icaft) fiue
hundred in our Kingdome become good Cath-
//^»^i;whichif itbetrue, I fee no reafon,bute-
uery Threflier in E^sg/Wiliould become a R^-
mam/lfhccauCe they deale with ftiawes, which
haue as perfed an efftgus oi F .Garnet^^s any other
ftraw without cquiuocation euer yet had; that
M.6^/;^//?^i executed ac7/Wfi^, his belly beeing
opened)hisbowelscutour,andhis heart in the
Executioners hand, yet th^||;vi4r/>rcryed out,
San5te Gregori, ara fro me ', Holy Gr^f^^ry, pray
for me • that the fame mans holy Anointed Thamb^
beeing touched bya0r^/» after his death, of it
felf came off, bone and flefli, from the reft of the
hand; that when one Wl.Dakins ^ Prie^^tx^cuxtd
at Tiburny was a-dying, a certain Virgin^ a kmfwo-
mMtofhiSythough many miles remote, longing
after fome of the Martyrs flefh, fte not knowing
how to obtain her defire,yet being full of faith,
one ofM.Dakms holy toes did rairaculoufly yield
it
it fclf into her virginal hands ^ that Robert Parfom
could make the Diuell fpcak in any "Bnglifh Btjhef
or Hcretick whomfoeuer • that Rolen Parfom be-
ing apprehended by a Purfuhant at Norvpich in
Ckefbire^ and put into a chamber faft bolted and
locked vpon him, the dore did thrqetiraes toge-
thermiraculoufly and of itsownc accord flee o-
pen 5 that one F, Scroop a Pricjl^ being in a Gentle-
mans houfein Lancajhtpe^'^nd certain Purfuiuanrs
coming to fearch for hira, notwithftanding hee
was in the m-idft of the Roura with them, yet he
became inuifiblc to the faid Searchers ; that one
KMhArine Riland within the City of London^ with
eating one bit of flefli forbidden by her ghoftly
Father, was inftantly choked ; that one Thomas
Vincent of Z^»<i?^/coffing at a Priefl: faying Mafs,
forthwith fell mad,and,for many daies after, was
heard pronounce no other words but thefe, 0
holyPriefi^ O holy MaJ/e ^that old P.Chambers ta-
king theconfeffionofa2^{;«/iat Br^x^/j, her name
M.S£apf.{he was mcramorphofed,and fcemed vn-
to him afiameoffire ; that whcnfoeaer a certaine
Pricft put his finger nigh Sautrins his hcarr,there
ifTued out bloud and water j that holy Father ^hx-
Wi^^cviv.s^'vpond certain night as hee wa^ walkings
and falling into a certain ditch ^ was frefently caaght
by the haires of his head by an ^ngell^ and fo deliue-
red'y that an Image was crucified at Beritum^ and
did bleed ; that the diuell held bothS. Idmunds
bis hands, that he could nor make the figne of
;he CrofTe ; ihaiM.ChriJlopher Cufake, an Iriji le- [
K 2 ^ f^i^^f
ftcth_,thathe
heard him
fpcak the fame,
vii^.ShiU.of
miraclesjpagc.
F.Parforts a
pick-iock equi.
uocator.
I think, fome-
times vjfible
gold will make
amaninuifible
G.^.P.inhis
book called.
The rules of
obedience^
page 12.
(/.^.P.pjge4i
tSillinoJjiim a
Priefl in Lotu-
flon^the relator.
TmCd.yjts^-
Baron. wrfMw/.
m M^trtyrclo^.
T{om.Kouemb. 9.
In Y/;. Edmund
in Hjs proieft.
page 162,
Tertul, de
hAreticQS.
Eqrip.Tcft.
t
!
The Foot out of the Snare.
jpjicllshaue
j t^Cir Agents.
fuite^ had a Crtmjix vihich could /peak <
Arcthefe gracelefTe faldcfle guUeiies, either
to be belccued or countenanced ^ Is it poffible,
; that men of wit, vndcrftanding and fpirit^fliou W
} bee intoxicated and carried away with fuch
I muddy deuices 5 the end of which is, nonethnicos
j conuertendi^fedipfoseHcrtendii notxo conuerc and
I bring any vnto the knowledge of the truth, but
rather to., make them wallow in the mire and
fink of errour, in which themfelues haue loog
{luck faft^ Andby reading of ail which you
may finde, that the Diueil hath no greater cun-
ning, nor preuaikable art, then to fupport
the Romifli Religion by fuch palpable, grofTe,
filthy and idle inucntions.What is there in them
(for the moftpart) more then in the Poeticall
fi;9:ion of the Gods . the Fables of Homer ^ Herodo-'
f0s^Ouid,Bocac£,and tht reft^ All is but the de-
ceits of lying tongues, the prefumption &^brag-
gingof Inchanters, and the ceremonies o? Au^
gurers\ pyihomfs ScAris-ma^^rs in Incantations:
agaiHft whom the Poets themfelues had many
inue(3;iues, and condemned the Pricfi;s of thvat
time, as we do the Friers of this Age :a$ Euripides^
Hei mibi ! verfipclles vt hommcs fimper odi ,
qui componemes inin^A^deindefr^uda adormnt.
The examples before-recited, iliew thccollu-
fionsthePrieftsvre,vpon pretence of miracu-
lous power : nor istheir diligence lefle in other
means, which they vfe hy daily follicitations for
theirowncaduanragej cuery Prieft of adiion,
sn
Tl:>e Foot out of the Snare.
and any ability, hauing two Afiiftants affign'd
vnto hira: whofe office^likc the Familiars of the
Inquifition, is to ftraggle abroad, forthcbrin-
ging-in of game. Thcfe fubfcruient procurers
are L^kks^ and though not able to mainraine Ar-
gument, yet pry in by-corners , nay, and put
Forward in open places, to fliakc and try any
weake waucring Proteftan ts ^ and if they can get
but to intertaine conference, and giue eare to
their boafts and infinuations, then they bring
thera to be better hammered vpon the Anuili of
their great Mafters. Sometime they dealcwith
tender game , fcarcc yet fledge, I mcanejyoung
Youths, whom they inueigle, to tranfport to the
nefts of their Seminaries, I haue ginen you ibmc
examples before, and could afford you more.
If at the Schooles ofWeJlwinfler^ Pauls, Wmhef
ttr^ Eaton^ Chrift-Chureh or Sumns HofpitaU^ihcxc
chance bee (bme young man difcontented , for
the lofle of a place in the Vniucrfitic hee ho-
ped for-i or in the Vniuerfities, fome young
graduate, halfe diftracScd or difcouragcd, vpon
|theloiIeof fome fellowfliip, or other promotion
hee afpircd vnto; Oh then there is matter to
work on J none of thefe, I warrant you, fhallef^
cape without promife of better preferment 3
there needs not one to informe them , what
prouifion is made beyond the Seas at Saint
j Omersy Doway^ Lisbon^ Lousmcj Spame, Rome^ for
{all fuch Nouka^y what beautifuli CoUedges,
i (lately Edifices , large Rcucncwcs thereunto
I K 3 annexed ;
69
70
Bern.
The Foot out of the Snare.
How a Gen-
tlewoman of
Saint C?//fi in
the fields
neere Lmdony
was cheated by
aPrieft.
annexed I what great liberty, what good com-
pany, what pracfticc of Piety.
FifiuU dulce cdnit/v^lucrem dt$fH decipit aucefs.
Like the Fowler, they can allure with diuers
thefepleafing notes, to tempt to their lure, and
bring the Foot within the Smre:fedtermimsiftm
gaudify «i^r/<y?,thcendof this prooues the moft
deadly &dangerous,Some of their fcoutshaue I
known about the vniuerfity oioxjord^zs on e Kinf-
mxn^Bori^Mafon*^ and diucj^s others could I point,
at this prcfentjheerc in London;H)\o indeed arc no
leffe perillous and pernicious then the Pricfts
thcmfelucs. Iftheycanfindeanyjfor extraordi-
nary pregnancie of wit, learning, parentage,
friends, eipecially poiTeflions, fit to feruc their
turncs^and condefcend totheirexpe(5lations,by
no meanes muft fuch fcape their fingers.
What other ihifts haue thePdcfts to wreft
and wring from their poore Difciples,where-
withall to maintainc their pomp and brauery i
A Gentlewoman oftheparifhofSzinx Giles w
the fields neere Holborne, was ofUtetimefick^and
bee'mg $ne thu vpas rpellinclimng and vparp'mg toward
the fof'tfhpde or bent^ fent for a Prieft, a man 'very
famous about thisTowne^ to come 'Vi^to her^ and^fiifi
her mth bis be ft comfort and counfell . vpho 'vndcf flan-
ding her defireyWas foone with her : andbeeing come^
fhee acquainted him^ how the cafe flood betweene ^l^
mighty God and her diftrejfedfoule-^ and hauing laid
herfclfe open vntohim^ after thefotTneof Catholick
Con-
Tbe Foot out of the Snare.
I '7'
Confcflion, herGhodly Farher the Pricft, tffldj
her^vhai fhcc fhould not nccclc to take any farther j
thought or care of her Soule, but commit all to
him^ his Abfolution would bcc auaileable, snd
by Prayer himfclfe would intercede for her, Tet
methiNgfartherheeptu^tellhert^ that fliee might
beemoreccrtaineofM-Tcy and Indulgence, if
there were fome care had for the faying of fo
many Mafles for her after her death at the high
AhdLwThe woman Itjinedtothis^andlfkedit very well.
Ted^ hut thePrieJlhAdnotJaidall'^ Thefe Mafles
{he told her) could not be had without a round
fumme of money* Shee demanded of the Prieji^
what the whole charges might bee. Hee told her.
About feme thirty pounds. 7 he foore gentlewoman
anfwered, Shee had not fo much money in her cujlodie^
but plate Jhee would deliuer him^fuftcient toratfefuch
a fumme : and accordingly Jhee deltuered it forthwith
to bispoffepon ; whoy hauing met with fuch a booty ^
hadlittledejiretovijit any more his jick patient. 7 he
woman Within a fbort time of ter grew fo weake in her
body^ihat[heewaspaftho:e of recouery ^ and then fent
againe for her fpirituall Do^or to come and admini-
Jler fome of hisghofily phyjtck to her. hut my Gentle-
man had taken paines enough before^ and by no
meanes would b:e brought the fecond timcvnto h^r.
K^good Caueat heere was^ for her\ and others to take
heed of fuch cogging and injlnuating companions. . It
f leafed God^this Gentlewoman recouered xand^making
good vfe of that abufe (heereceiucd by this Frieftin her
ficknejje, (he alter edher Religion : and now^to the com-
fort
7^
The Foot out of the Snare.
JmofdmeriTPorthydndfdinfull^iMmJiers abamthe
Cny.jh£ehhec0me a gi9od Church-woman^ dndffcnds
the mop efhtY time in Gods feruice, going daily 'vmo
SermonSy andfolkwing nothing fo much as her de-
notions.
TlicPriefts
infinuatins;
with one Mil-
tris \eddiin^
fifning for her
eftatc.
V'lji^ef one of
the lefuites:
l>,wht€.
The Priefts
vifitingM,N^-
from him his
Land,
In Summer 1622. A Gentlewoman ndmed
Read, lying at that timefick At Bcdnail-grccne neere
London, and hauing Land of inheritance ^ cf good
*value^And A great efiate of goods beJidcyWat deefely fit
^pon byfome lefuites And Priefis 5 infomuch^ thatfhee
WAS inclineAble to refer re herefiateto their diff of aIL
whereupon^ fome of her neere kinne^ repairing to a
Docior ofDiuinitieyOfgoodnoiein Londonjnformed
him^ how farre the Friejls had wrought with her.
Whereupon J)ee hy conference and injiru&ion J didfet
her right againe (as by Gods bkiSng, hec hath
confirmed diuers others) . It is t^ery probable, that
the greatejl part of that eflate fjouldhauefiowne be-
yond the Seas^ as much other our Countrey goods And
Riches doe, to underline the Nunneries.
In K^uguft laft, one ^Imket a leHjite , and
another Priejt^cainc to Francis Ketlam^ lying very
fick in M. DAwfonshouic in Fetter- LAne • and vn-
dcrftandingof fome Lands or pofTcfiions he had,
to a round value , inquired of him^how he difpo-
fcd of thefe his rcuenues,and to whom he meant
to leaue them aftet his deceafe. Hee acquainted
them, that he had brothers & fiftersjpoore, and
of his ownc Reh'gion f tovvect^Papifts) who did
expc(S
The Foot out of the Snare.
cxpcd^them. But thcfcinfinuating PricftSjinorc
regarding thcmfclucsthen their Difciplcs^dealt
fofarrc with hin), that hccwas content to giue
his Lands to thcmfelues, or whom they fhould
nominate/o to beat their difpofing. Which gra-
ted, }A.MHsktts care was fuch, that aWHI^zs
drawne^and the Lands thereby conueycd to the
Prieftsjortofomc other for their vfe.Therupon
returning to the houfc where this fick Catholick
lay, they rcqueftcd the woman of the houfc
(Miftris Diii^^jher husband not being within)^
to h^caWitneJJeto thefaid Will. But fhee, vnder-
ftanding the Contents thereof,rcfufcd fo to doe:
neither would fliee fuffer them to goc to the fick
mans chamber, vnleffc their intent were better.
So fooricasher husband came home, fheetofd
him what the Priefts would haue done.Thcre-
vpon, her husband intrcated the Zr<f?iirr^r of the
pafifli, and another Mimjier.to perfwade the fai^
Prancis NaUm^ not to bee fo foolifh and vnnatu-
rall,as to giue his Land from his needy brethren,
to thcfe cheating, coozcning, and colloguing
Priefts. The fick man followed the counfell of
thefc Minifters5in whom hce found more plaine
dealing, then in the other his fpirituall Fathers.
Andnotwithftandinghee had beenc long irif
led by the faid Romiifh Impoftors, hce dcfired
to bee prayed for (according to the forme of
our Engli/h Church ) in Saint Dunfiants in the
I Wcfl:,at their next WeJfte/JayZeffure.'^ind further
to exprcfie his confoimity to our Church, hec
L rcceiued
7?
74
Tf?e Foot out of the Snare,
receiued the blcffcd Sacraipetti with vs bcfare
his death.
Hence then obferue, how induftrious our
PfieftsarejOot onely to get Profelyte men and
women,but«ilfo Profelyte Lands and pofTeffions:
notvvithftanding all their pretended pouertic,
h^usffdorlucri^thcy will omit no opportunitie to
get what gainc they can. I know this to be true,
that in thofe parts where I haucliued,and where
are raoft Papifts of any part of this Kingdomc ;
there is not a Popifli Gentleman in all the Coun-
trey, but there is a Prlcft to his Steward, and dif-
pofer of houfhold andreucnues; neither dot^
the Owner let, fct^ orfellanyland, without the
approbation & confent of theft pretended fpiri-
tQall guides. And that indeed is it which caufcth
Papifts the more to abound,for that a Land-lord
led by fuch directors, will not fufFcr any one
.v^^etlytoliue vpon bis Land, but fuch as the
three-quarter Lord Priefl takethtobeehis holy
children, and will be ready to doe himferuice.
A fine engine to wheele about, and fcrue whole
families and Townes, by the pully which twi-
neth the long rope of Spiritualls reaching out ad
Another of their engines is, If an offender
come to one of thefe PricflstoConfe/fion jas
they inioyne bim,for one part of his penance, fo
fay fo many fatern^flertS^ many Creeds^ fo ma-
ny KAuemAfies^ by fcores cueryday : fo like-
wife they impofe on his head a pecuniary mulcfi,
hee'
hce muft pay into the hands offorae other
Pricft 40,305 2O5.10, 83 or 5 pounds (accor-
ding ro the abihty of the partic), to bee diftribu-
ted by the faid Prieft, aiudicious man, inphs
fvfM, Which money once fingered5is very iudi-
cioufly fhared betwixt thefe two fliriuing
Priefts5who(/«^^-hke)willhauenowafte,^//tf-
nentes marfupittm^tenemur a marfupio.
Againe, that their Lampcs may want no
Oyle, rhcir pockets no weighf, how doe they
gripe, exad^ and ex wt from their poore Difci-
ples ] If aShoo^ftaker, 01 a Taylor, that hath
nought but what hecearnes at his fingers ends,
chance to come vnder their fingers, his money
is ill gor, vnloflfe hee offer to his holy Father a
third or fourth part of his gaine. If a Countrcy
Farmer bee fo rich in Tenement orLand^that
hee haue but two Oxen to yoke, and three kine
ro milke, before the yeeres end one of the beads
muftbee fold, to buy the honcft Prieft a new
fuir, perhaps of fwaggering Sattin. Nay, I haue
known a taxation fuch, that out of a mans means
worth tenne pounds per amum^ the Pricft muft
perforce haue forty fhillings a yeere ar leaft. And
in a great Shire, where I haue conucrfed,there is
not a man of that Religion, of 40 pounds a yeer
reuenew and vp ward, but bee muft, at hisowoe
chargCjkeepe a Pricft in his houfe: perhaps fome
poor neighbours that are benefited hereby5Con-
tribute fome fmall matter toward it.
ThuSjwhile they pretend, that they are for.
L 2 ccd
7<5 I
Tire Foot out of the Snare,
--*t;i— XijMn- ^*^
The Author
ofTheB.of
logons Le-
gacie.
timccmetafidt.
fed Stela,
Sophocl.
Aus:,
ced CO crcepe into priuate houfcs for feare of j
■periccution 5 they carry more dominion ouer '
the Familyy then any Parifh-Prieft doth in chofc
Countries where Popifh Rchgioa pubhkdy f
prcuaiicth. j
I fhould haue commended hVCM^ttskets wir^
iChec could at: foeafie a race haue purchafedM.l
iV?//iizwi inheritance*^ Sure^ic was a better plor^'
and histime better fpentjthcn in writing and for-
ging his book , called The Bijh0p of London his
Legadt. A pamphlet, that I much wondred
who could haue fo little wit, and lelTe gtace^to
becthe Author thereof, till that m incendiary
brother ofhis ( who took diflike at it) confelTed
vnto mee - and F. Mf^ka himfclfj, in fome forr,
acknowledged his paines-taking therein. Ofer^
friUam frmuml What impudence was heerc
ioynd with ignorance I How lewdly did he and [
his Fremrf^r Kellifon bely Him , who is now as |
glorious a S<arre in the heauens aboue,as He was j
a fliining Lamp in the firmament of the Cliurch \
heer on earth/ Euytvif^ K(x!'3jcv^v jt«) uTrxvcovjCas Sopho- i
da commended PhtlocfHes ) He fought agooifighl^ •
both in defence ofthefaich, and m expugnacion ;
of Herefies, Schifmes and.Seditions brought-in
by thefe our Aduerfaries. And as ^ugu^ins
fpake oiCypnAnyMaUi erat meriti, mMfe6ims^
muhimsymt$ltAvirtutis : Hee was worthy, wife^
wcll-fpokcn, religious..
Now whereas they feek to get Profelytes by
thefe monftrous forgeries and. trumperies, for |
_ my|i
I
71^^ Foot out of the Snare.
77
my owne part J confcfle,that vpon the firft view
and reading of it, I was fomcwhat mooued with
wonder, & withall with poflibility of credence 3
which made mee the more diligently to enquire
of it J efpecially reading there, that theBiihop
was reconciled to the Churchof J8^«i^,by a cer-
taincPrieft there not named,. Icurioufly fear-
ched among the Priefts j to learnc who that
might be. They named to mee F. Prejlon : but
<&/«iIfindc to haue conftantly difauowed it, on
cxaminationrandotherwifcl found goodcaufe
to thinkjthathec fpa^ce his confcience in that dc-
niaJl.Thcn was I pofted off to F. F^/^n^r a lefuitc,
and that hee was the very man : but^^asking him
very ferioufly and priuarcly about it, hee told
mc, hee neuer faw the Bifliop o^ Lo»dofj. And
verily, ifrhiskfuite did means to cquiuocate
with mee, hee had no reafon to fpeak doublcly
on that parr, but rather to auouch, that himfelfe
did that decdyior knew who 6x6 it,that he might
fbe better hold mc in belief of that narration. In
fine,Ifound this tale to be nothing but a comicall
fiftion : and on better weighing this ridiculous
fliameleffe pamphlet, fo belying Integrity, fo
outfacing the open Sunne with audacity, .and
fb farre degenerating from all (hew oFverity; I
concluded, that the frame could not be found,
which was built vpon fuch a rotten foundation j
nor that Religion fincere,which hath flanderous
leafingsfor her daily food As Tercalliap^ (kith in
thebehalfeof the Chriftians firft perfccutedby I
L 3 J^fTfiyl
7S
Tc-rtul. irt Apo-
los-et^cont.Oen"
tes.
The Foot out of the Snare.
M. Anderton,
Nero^ that hee that kncwc AVr^well, might
eafily vnderftand , Kon mjigrande aliqu$dhn9$p$ a
Ncfone dAmnatnm : it was like to be a good thing,
which JNer^ oppofcd. So when I view the
fhamelcfle flandcrs which fuch lugglers lay vpo
that reuercnd Bifliop,! muffi needs fay^that I re-
ucrenced his memory the more, and might well
think him the more conftanc in his Religion5by
their faining him to bee waucring.
Yet, thus I muft needs teftifie of ^ne the moft
fufficient & ingenuous of their Priefts^that^ nor-
withftanding it might make fomewhat againft
their common caufc, heeplainly roldmee, hee
WAS forry that euer any fuch bsokefhould beefuffred to
come forth -^f$r it woHli doe them more hurt^thcn any
booke they euer wrote : meaning, as I take it, that
the forgerie in it was too palpable. But I find,
that the booke is fubfcribed by publike authority
and particular commendation to it,nor will they
infli<3 any ccnfurcvpon the lewd Father of this
monftrouslie. And hence ic is, that of late they
haue altered rt^T/^A, and changed the Fronti-
fpice into a more darke phrafe, making it a Profo-
fopeh.
Doth Mafter Mmket , who hath foure or fiuc
hundred ( as I haue heard him boaft ) that come
to his chamber to a Sermon, feed them with no
better fare then fuch windy, light, empty, nay
noyfom exhalations i lean then call it but, Ti&^
dreamed bread of the JluggArd. They may eat^ butnot
beefattsfted. Perhaps hee may paralcll this and
greater
■ — ■ -■ ■' -■ I W^Mlk^Ma I II
Tl^e Foot out of the Snare.
greater fi(Sions out of the G^Ue^ Legeffd^wlKn he
preachcth vpon any By-Sainrs-day.
But I heare ( me thinks ) the noife of our hoo-
ting A^ffffud's^the Pricfts & lefuites, blind guides,
andlouersofdarknesmorc then the light, who
arc fo farrc from beleeuing that any catara<5l or
filmeisonthcir eyes, that they arc rather per-
fwadcd,themfclues arc themoftquicke-fightcd.
They know and fee a farreoff/har although, w/i;
adhuc tnifertndi tempus^ mn adhuc exulundidteSi
thetimetohauePtercy^ their appointed day be not
yet come,yet they fhall haue a time & a day whe
Vav^bis^ woe bee to their Aduerfaries. Their
bcft dayes of late ( perhaps ) feemc to them
butaleadcn, oratbeft,a filueragerbut a Prieft
now in London tould meefometimc this Lent
( and it hath beenc the meny tune of many
more), that theyfhould ere long haue golden dates.
Many of the Icfuires haueoHate cried^ ivoe t$
England, Theirmeaningislocktvp in amifery,
I and how they will explicate themielues, I know
not. Np^e die^ fuum geH^nt in fe6tere tejlem*^
though they fcape reftem*
Let mec then prcmonifli the ignorant, and
feebler fort efpecialIy,who arc like weak and fil-
ly flies, that they take heed hpw they be caught
in fuch cobwebs, wherein the chiefethred they
fpinne,is, thar none out of their Church can be
faued. And furthcr,letthembcwarc,left they de-
prriiie theiringenuousdifpofition, in tampering
with tooles tliat may cut their fingers, and fo
ven-
The wife
words of him
that^VrotcThc
word of Com-
fort.
8o
The Foot out of the Snare.
Erafrfi. in
Spon^.itJuerf,
Huttcn,
Efa.j.ij.
venture into that web of hercticall fraud, which
they want ftrcngth of wit to breakc thorow. I
knowe, that whom nature or education hath
made fimplejhercfic will make proud.
. For who more infolcnt then the ignorant^
Which Erafmus noted long agoe, and may well
bee applyed vnto manyofourEnglifti Papifts,
who when they might bee informed de^vita
Chrijli^et de^ia ChrijlUmjihcy are refolued aforc-
hand not to beeiatisfied-
Oh the blindneflc of vnderftanding of thofe
that are called Lay-Catholickes ! luft here were
the complaint of the Prophet^ ttMyf€(fUbeein
cdptiuity^l^ecdufctbey bee without knowledge. Sure-
ly, when I begin to weigh and meditate on the
abufesthatourKingdomeingcnerall, and thefe
diftorted members thereof in particular jfuftain
I by thofe Hornets and Drones who flee vp and
downe, ftinging and wounding with the wily in-
finuatioh of errour , fucking and gathering hony '
in our gardens, yea, refting vpon diuersfarre
flowres 5 my heart begins to bleed, my bowels
to y earne, and my foulc is plunged in much hea-
uinefle. For wo is mee / Are wee not all fonnes
to one Father *: allSubicds to one King , cuitu fkb
vmbrafuAuiterquiefiimt^^vf^ reft vnder his fhade,
and his boughes haue beene long diftended for
our fecuritie < How grieuous ( alas ! ) is it now to
him to hcare,*that any his children and feruants
(hould bee a prey to the Harpies of i?^»;r; that
vipers (hould eat out their fubftancc, & dilpoile
them
The Foot out of the Snare,
8
them of the meanes of the true knowledge of
Chriftl All thcfethingSjVnlcffe they kecpe you
ftill muffled, you may eafily difccrne. Are
ihey not Zfirds^not onely ouer your faith^but alfo
ypurwhirifarfce,^lthovgh^zccording to the rule of
their Canonift, PtdUtic eccleJiAHica fnimSlemm
hahet^fifin dcmimum:T heir office binds theraCnay,
the lefuitcs vow tiesthem) to SermceyXdxhQX then
Dominion. How is it poflible (mce thinks ) that
they fhould bring you to that fcruitudc as I find
they doc/ofabiugaceyour vnderftanding, and
imprifon your wills, that if they command any
ihiuq^^qud^nmsadimirittfmAmmaetcorp&ris^youzxt
readie to obey them ^aed doc they no: accor-
dingly make vafials and flaues of you /
Yefterday being GW/r/rf^^jthisprefentyeere
1624. they madcfomeofyou in the Morning,
before day, go^'m Frsce fsion to Tikurne^ inpeni-
tcmiall manner jthe forme of which is,for a man
to walke ^akcd/rom the girdle 'VprfiAtdy andfcQurge
himfelf withdwhif. The fame day tweluc-raonth
laftpsft, at a place of your (blemne meeting in
London^you made one whip himfelf fo long,till
hefwouned , and was thought to bcepaft hope
of recoucry , fo that hot water was inftantly
fetched to reuiue him. At Braxels ( as a Prieft
told mee, faying heefaw it, andboafting of the
meritorious work ) a woman , about a yeerc
fincc,fo cruelly fcourged her fclfe, that fliee died
ofit.IsthibMortification^tomurther ourfelues,
left finnc munhervs., to abolilhour life in the
1 Pet. 5.
Linwood.
The Pricfts
and lefuitcs in)
their bookes
pretend that
they are fer-
uants to thofe
ouer whom in-v
deed they
lord it.
Good -Friday
chcere.
A Procefsion
from HolhoYfie
to Tihtrnc,
Sz
Rom* 5^.
Tl^e Foot out of the Snare.
Like BaJs
Prieftsjwho
did lance their
fides^&c
Mat.^.
flcfli 5 left wee fliould Ime after the fiejh ^ I am
noenemy vntoauftcriry of life, and taming or
chaftcning our hadily fin full members, to bring
theminfubicdion tothcfpirit, to abate the //(/?i
oftheeye.andprideofUfe^ to depofe the TyrAntfmne
fromhis dominion : whatfoeucrtendeth this way,
for the better whetting of our members tobecome
roedfom ofrighteoufnes , I wifh were more , rather
then leflcvfed in our reformed Churches ; foit
bee without the opinion of merit , without pub-
like oftentation, without excefTe, and vnnaturall
hating and difabling our corporal faculties.Such
kind of enormous flagellant Tragedies^ proue
fometimcasabfurd remedies againftfinne, as a
Philofopher did bring againftficknes ; who vi-
fiting his difeafed friend, that complained of the
irkfomnefle of his difcafe, and defircd his aduice
for curing the fame , or eafing hispaine, de-
parted from him, and fliortly came againe, and
told him, hec had brought a medicine to cure
allhisdifeafeSjand rid himof paine. The Pa-
tient hearing that welcome word, promifed hec
would take the medicine. To whom prefently
thisKil-cow Phyficion fhewed vnderthelapof
his coate a flhort fword, which would make fhort
woi ke,To fay no more of this outrageous deuo-
tion : as it is BaaUitmll^ wee cannot, vnlcflTc wee
winke, but fee it is alfo PharifaicalL If bitter
chaftifement in this cafe be rcquifitc,why fliould
it not bee performed as priuatclyj as our Sauiour
inioynQth fecretfrayer in ihe cUz>et^ the doorefhut^
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83
^c? Muft this be done before hundreds of fpcc-
tatours/*Yes verily, elfe the price ofthefatistacfti-
on,the glory of the merit, the ouer-wcight of fu-
pcrerogation 5 would be madelighterby many
an ounce.And indeed, as in this, fo in all the reft
of the whole pageant of Popery, euery thing
muft bee theatricall adpfimfam , elfe the gazing
Vulgar would not bcfo frequently and cafily
caught.
Laftly,if fuch inioyned penances muft be per-
formed in an ambling fiaftiion , with rouing
abroad, would no other place ferue to gad vnto,
but ttburne^ Is no other place in'EnglandlQk,
facred and vnpollutcd :' Oh, but there is more
vertueinthegoalethey runnevnto, then in the
race they vndcrtake. It was antient,to vifit i»^-
mori4s iJiiartyrum-^ and{b,thc fending of Difci-
ples to vifit 7/W;?r,maketh a deep imprcflion in
their mindesjof the Saint-fliip of Ibme that haue
there paid their debt to our Lawcs. Wee know,
kMAttyrzuiPerfccuterzx^ Correlatiues: andfo^in
this aftion of pretended humiliation, there is in-
tended an increafe of the Romanifts hatred a-
gainft the Church and State of England^ as perfe-
cuting, and guilty ofthcbloud of thofe whom
they adore. Thus euery ftep in fuch pilgrimage,
makes thofe Penitents to walfce further from vs:
nay,in euery ftripe voluntarily recciued in that
Journey, theConfeftbr that inioyned this per-
formance, thinkes hee fcourgeth the Prote-
ftants.
M 2 Deare
84
1
The Foot out of the Smre.
The Pcriury
olTho.Cornford
lefuite.
Deare Countfy-^€n5let mee, in the fpinc of i
m€cknefrc5& our of the tendernefTe oftmy heart ;
and affed-ion inlarged toward you^a little intreat ,
you toconfider, how you are hood-winkt and i
diiguifcd. Doe yet, at laft, lay your hands on 1
your hearts, and loath thcfe dcfpicablelmpof-j
tors, returning vnto the truth, and affuring your |
fcliicSjthat neijcr any true Religion did afTiil: and I
credit it felfc by fuch iuggling fliifts, tricks and j
dcuiees, as the lefuiticali brood arc obfcrued j
daily to fX2i&\k^ and many of which (I am fure)
they fliamc to heare of.
For example : Blufli they not at this, that5one
ThomAs Cornford a brother of theirs, examined |
before my Lords Grace o^ CAnterbi^r%Iunei%^\
i6i2, didjirfi gine ^nt& himfelje y the mme of
Uh/^y»der]Pi?ody and Co fubfcribed it- affirming
thiU hee was a married man, ami that hee had married
thedmghlerefofieRobinConiff frkinburge, 7dfere\
his wife at the time afhh Es<imlmtton remamed I Met j
added alfo,hehadbeenemarried<vnt^hcrtwelHeyeer$t\
and that hee had by her fix children. Hetfaid hee was \
by condition a Farmer, and that hee came to Towne^ ta
mooae the Lord Vaux ^ that himfelfe might be Tenant
to his LordpAp^fora certaine houje and land lying in .
Irkinburge, where his wife^ Robinfons daughter, \
remained. But this fcHow, after, vpon fooic re-!
morce of confciencc, or fearing left his condi-'
tion and e/late might by fomc other meanes bee ,
difcoueredi, dothof himfelfe offer to manifert j
I vnto his Grace^ his condition and profefliai ; vn-
to
1
The Foot out of the Snare.
S5
to which, as it were on a fccond examination, he
is adn:iitced ; and then acknowledged , That
for thdfpdce ofjixyeeres^ hee xif as brought ^p in
ibeColUdge ^/ Rome; and that there hes took the or- \
dersof Prieji-hood^ according to the manner of that
church 5 andthatfromthencefome iiyeeresfince^bee
VPdsfent by mifton into England^w/;^/*^ by F.Garnet
hee was admitted into the Society oflefus : hee acknow^
iedgethalfo^that his name was Tho»Cornford, and
fofubfcribed the fame the fecond time ^ after that be-
fore heehadfubfignedby the name oflohn Vnder-
wood.
Will you vnderftand how this -ingenuous Ic-
fnitedid concih'atc fuch contrary fayings of his:'
Thus hee performed his part: Whereas he affir-
med himfelfe to bee amarried man^bis meaning
j was, that his wife was his Breuiarie^ and that hee
! had beene married vnto iti2.yeercs : as for his
children had by Robinfons daughter^ tho'fc were
his ghoftly and fpirituall children. The reafon
why hee called himfelfe a Farmer^ was, becaufe
hee was fo to God, according to that Text, Red-
derationem^illicationistUA: Giue an account of thy
Farmer-Jhip. The reafon wliy hee faid. hee came
totake aFarme of the Z.Vaux, was, becaufe hee
was ready to doe him any feruice for the /piritu-
fill tjllino;of his foule.
Read D. Sheldons book of the Miracles ofx^n-
//r^r^ijfjpage 28. where you may read of another
holy brother of the jgnatianfockty^viho did in the
fame fort wilfully pcriure himfelfe.
M 3 Thus
V
Excellent equi-
uocation.
1
86
The Foot out of the Snare.
Thus much for my prefcnt occafion, by way
ofdcclaration , what wholcfbme vfc ( by Gods
grace) I haue made of the noxious and baleful!
weeds that grow in the Papal! garden 5 whereof,
through myownc vanity and leuity^hauing ta-
ken ferae tafte, it hath pleafcd God toturn thofc
poyfoiis into an Antidote, happy for myfelfe,
and (as I hope) not vnfruitfull for others.
But firft, I am not ignor3nt,that fome particu-
lars related by mec,arc like to procure mec the
hatred, and perhaps,fome malicious machinati-
ons of thofe that thought to hold me in perpe-
tual! captiuity. But I proteft to God, thatasi
haue in fincerity of heart,without malicious in-
ucntingjOr adding any thing, giuen account of
thofe paffagesthat cametomy knowledge : fol
doc not hate the perfon of any of thofe, who
haue pretended to haue beenc my InftrucSers
while I remained with them ; but wifh to them,
as vnto my owne foule, a fight of thofc corrup-
tions & errours, wherein they are decpely dyed,
and whereof they did caft fome tin^urc vpon
me5& alfo an acknowledgement of Gods Truth
refplendent in the Scriptures, a forfaking and
abominating of that pernicious trade, of beeing
Factors and Brokers for the Papacie : The fu-
perftitionsand tyrannies whereof,! maruaile, if
they fee not . and I much more mourn,if, feeing
& inwardly acknowledging, yet they fliould en-
tertaine and pra^Sife, for the keeping the poorc
Lay.people in awe, which I take to bee one of
the
77?^ Foot out of the Snare.
87
the chiefcft jirca^ta Imperij ^kcttxs of Stare^for
the maintenance of their religion.
Secondly 5 1 hold my felfe bound inconfci-
cnce, vpon the fight of mine owne erroi', and
confideration of the fcandall which I haueiuftly
giuen, to make pubh'ck protcftation of my reco-
uery, with vnfained and hnmble fubmifTion vnto
our reuerend Mother xht Church of England (the
mofl: orthodox and pure Church now extant in
the world,and moft fuirablc vnto the Apoftolick
and Primitiue times,'both for faith and difci-
plinc )• Before her feet I proftratc my felfe with
deepefbrrow of heart, that I haue through rafli-
nes of heart, difcontent, or any other mif-gui-
ding paffion, played the run-away out of her fa-
mily and obedience. Wherein my fault is farre
thegreater/orafmuch as Ijby that calling which
fhe€ hath vouchfafcd mce (although vn wor-
thy ) in her family, ought to haue becnea guide
vnto others, 10 keepe their feet in the wares 0/ Truth
and Peace. I implore her motherly indulgence,
to open her lap to mee, her wandring returning
childe, and to vouchfafe mce fuch pardon and
abfolution,asthcpowerof the iT^^fj which /he
hath recciued from our Sauiour,doth afford and
extend vnto penitent Delinquents. Nor did I
think it fufficient, to doe this by a fimple profef^
fionofthc cureofmyvndcrftanding; but lal-
faheld it neceffary for mee toadde a manifcfta-
tion of fuch particular mcanes as I beft knew to
bee vfed by our aduerfaries, as ftratagems fo be-
fiege
T7;e Foot out of the Snare.
wKm^STf^
fiege vs,and fnares to intrap vs. Whereupon it
may perhaps pleafc fome to whom that care be-
longeth, to make vfe euen of thcfe flcndcr infor-
mationSjfor thcpreueming of future raifchiefs
in that kinde, now grownc very farre againft the
Church of England.
Thirdly 3 it behooued me not to be forgctfull
of the bond of nature, and of that duty which I
owe to my aged Father,aMinifter inthcDio-
ccfle of Exfiff. whofc righteous foule hath been
vexed with my infamous deuiation^whofe fa-
therly care and paincs toward mee, euen then
whenImoftforgothim,andray felfc^hath not
beene wanting in his writing to me diuers Let-
ters of Argument and exhortation: which,toge-
ther with other meanes, concurring with Gods
mercy jhaue beene the loud Calls that haue pier-
ced my eares, and made mee look back, and
withdraw ray foot cut of the horrible mire and
clay wherein I Ituck. Euen of hinijwhom abouc
others I hauedeepcly offended, I humbly crauc
fatherly pardon and blcfling,notoneIy fecretly
in my heart, but more publikcly and authen-
tically thus vnder my hand.
What a great debt lycth vpon mee, not onely
in regard of my firfl beeing ; my education efpe- . .
cially in learning, and fitting mee for the Mini-
ftery,by his care and coft,but alfb for the repara-
tion of that difcontent which hec hath iuftly ta-
ken at my obliquity ! All that I can promifc and
vowe, with the affiftance of Gods grace, is,that I
hope
1^
I IM* ^J
The Foot out of the Snare.
hope to pay double in future comforts,f or that
which I haue runarrcrage by procuring fatherly
[bnowcs, Faxit Deuj. Laflly^ to touch again on
that firing which belbre I haue fl:ruck,but ncuer
canfbund too oftrThis ftrcaming of my pen from
the fountainc of my heart5runs that courfe, whi-
ther all 'things elfc ought to rend, cuen into the
Ocean of Gods glory exalted by his Mercy yin rea-
ching out his helping hand to fuch mifcrable
creatures as my fclf,intangled in danger,& ready
to tumble into perdition .To his glorious name I
oifer vp my felf^my foule & body, as a liuely rrj-
fiMlefacrifice^yovi'mg to bend al my faculties &
future indeuours, to the publifliing of his Trnth^
&to thefetring forwardjby word^and by exam-
ple, that orthodox faith, and Church, which I
haue wickedly cotemn'd. And in fpecialj make
oblation of my particular thankfgiuing, asa re-
peated Morning dndEuening Sacrifice^fox the dou-
ble deliuerance vouchsafed mcc jthc one Corpo-
rally & concerning this lifejij^hich in me, beyond
expeAation and naturall reafbn, was prolonged^
when I was faued, tanquamtorris erutm ejlammaj,
meane, in thatgenerall andwofull downfall at
the Blackfryersy wherein many Icfle finners then
my felfe breathed their laft. The other dcliue-
I ranee is fpirituall, beeinginfbmefbrr a child of
that mother, as proceeding from the due cogi-
tation of the other • Imeane, the loofingofray
bands, the vnfettering of my heart & foule from
the Bahyhnian captiuity, the difpelling of that
N cloud
po
pral.41.8.
n?e Foot out of the Snare.
cloud of Romidi crrors,vvhich obfcured,though
notwholyextinguiflKd the light of Gods Truth
in me. There were (I know) that faid vnto mce,
Anettilldifeafecle^uethfifl "vntohim? and now that
hee lyethyhefl)dlrtfen0 more. But thou (O Lordjhajl
put a new fong inio my mouth : Thofe th it Jit yet in
darknejfe.fljailfee k^andfeare : For^The Snare is bro-
ken.and lam ddiuered.Lord^efiabliJh me in thy Truth:
thy Word is Truth.
FIJ^IS,
^
A
5>i
A GATALOGVE OR
SI\(^ote offuch Er^glijh bookes Q to tU
knowledge of which 1 could come)
as haue been printed^reprinted,
or ci'pcrfiG .)y vlic PiUihand
t^rir A.r'?nrs in this Kin^-
ur>rre«v ithin thcferwo
yt'^Kj* la^ paf} ,ur there-
abouis.
INfrimis. the D o v v a y B i b l e s , that is,
theold Teftamcnt onely in two Volumes,
with Notes, reuifed by D.Wortbington^ and
reprinted hecr in z^mciffif: fold for forty iliillings,
which at an ordinary price might bee afforded
fortcnne, *
Th.i Nbvv TasTAMENT tranflatcd
by the HhemsfijyZnd reprinted in quartc: fold for
fixrecnc or twenty fhillings, which might bee
afforded for a Noble, or Icfle^
Thh Samh T.EsTAMiNt in Engl fli.
lately printed in decmo [exto: fold for twelue
fhillings, which might bee well afforded for
foure. ,
Thb Ankbr Op Christian
n2 doctkinb,
pz
J'Qatdogue offopiJhSooks.
Doc r R. IN B^infourcparrSjWrittenbyDJ^^/'-
thingt0f$:thcthtcchOL farts printed in London^^nd\
j fold by him at his Lodging in Turp$Ml^rtei for ^
fouretecn fliillings, which might bee afforded
for fiue /hillings.
The Protestants Apologib,
i written by Brerely^ reprinted and fold for feucn-
' teene fliillings, and might bee afforded foe fix
fliillings,orlc/rei.^
S AJHT Ay oy &r i^ eS Co nf bs si-
o N$5 tranflated by T^^.«c>Vli/)&^»',and fold for
fixtcenefliillingSjbceing but a little book in w^
taucy and might; bee aflfgrdcd for two fliillings
fix-pence,
; Two other bookes m cciau^^ lately written by
TobMathew^ and fold very deare.
The Avthor And Svb stance
O F- P R O T E S T A N T R B L t G I O N, Written
by Smth^ sPrieft now in L9ndon^ and fold -for fix
fliillings, and might bee aflTsi^rdcd for twelue
penceo..
LvTHBR His Lifr And Doc*
TRi^js, a railing book 5 written by X<?i^// a
Priefl:,whoisatthisprefenr in zW^;ij, fold for
eight fliillings, worth two fliillings.
A N Ant id ot b Aga in s t Th a P«-
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'^ifrice a Prieft,now refidcnt in X^W<!y»i fold for
eight fliillings, might be afforded for four|C fliil-
lings.
Th b
^Qatcdogue ofTopijh 'Booh.
T H 1 G V I D B O 'F Faith, written by
the faid Author, and fold at an vnreafonable
rate,
Th 2 P s ev d o-Sc RipTVRisT, by the
fame Author, a book of fomc tvvcluc ih ectcs of
paper,and fold for fiuc fliillings.
T H B C H R 1 8 T I A N V o VT, by thefame
Author, a book often fl:icctcs of paper, and fold
foi^two fliillings fix-pcnce» .
The loud lying Pamphlct,tearmed,TH i B i-
SHOP OfLon&ons Lbgacib, written
by Muskets Icfuite, and reprinted with a preface
of anew difguifc: the book conteinetb about
fixteenelTicctes : theyfqucezedfrowtfome Ro-
milli buyers, fix or feuen fliillings a piece. A
deare price for a dirty lye. Yet I vvifli,they that
haue any beliefe in it, might pay dearer for
it;
The Svmmary Of Controvbr-
s I E s, written by 'D^smid^ fbldas deare as the
reft,
Th b N b vv R b l i gi on. No R b l i-
Gi o N,writLenbyoneFii'«iaPriefl:nowini!!;^»-
dof9^ fold at 3 high rate, and fo arc all the reft fol-
lowing.
The Svm Of>C»ristian Doc-
trine, written in Latine by fsttHSCumfiuiy
andtranflatcdinroEnglifli )yj l.Htighurm Prieft
\v\ London.
The T r VI Ghristiam Catho-
II c X, by the fame Author.
N3 The
n
-rs^ »» ■
P4
j: (jtalogm of^opifh Sooks.
The Life Op Saint Kathakinb
Of Si b n n a, by the fame Author,
The Protestants CoNSVLrATi-
o N, adangerousbook, lately written by anvn-
knowne Author,
Ibsvs, Maria, Iosbph, lately come
out of the PrefTc, Printed in London^ by Simons a
CdrmelHeuovf in Lcndm.
Two other Bookes, written by the fame Au-
thor^called, T H B Way To Find b Ease,
Rest, And RBt»osB Vnto The
S O V L E.
Bb L L A RM IN B sS t Ep s inEnglifh,
His Art Op Dy-ing Well, in
05taHo*
Thb Exbrcisb Of A Christian
L I F B , by «y. B.
The Vocation Of Bishops, by
D. Chamfney now in London.
The Image Or Bc^th ChvrchbSj
by M. Pate/on now in ZW(?», a bitter and fcditi-
ous book.
The Exposition OfThbMassb.
ATrbatiseOfTheRball Pre-
sence, by Goddard^ Pricft now in London^
Thb Lovb Of T h b S o v l b , Printed
in London*
Thb Follotvers Of Chuist, by
F.B.
DbmavdsToHbrbttcks, in two
parts, by D» Brijlow now in London.
Ar R I G V t A R
A Qitdogui f)f 'Topljl? 'Book.es,
\ ^5
AvRicvLAR Con pession,
MissALE Parvvm Pro SAcfR-
i D OT I E V S.
Thb Offich Of Ovr Lady,
I Or the P R I M E R 5 two or three for:s of them
I lately printed,
Thb Iv d ofi, by G.fJU.
Tub RightWayTo God, by Pur-
-felhn Irifh dMonke now in London.
; SixB BooKEs FvLL Of Marve-
Lovs PiBTiH AndDbvotio N,by G.P.
I TheAppendix, by Dodlor ^trice.
A Defence OfThh Ap p b n d i x,
yvncten by Mafter Sweet a lefuite lying in Hoi-
home.
Ak Answer To Thb Fisher
CatchatInHisOvvne Nb T^by the
fame Author. Thefe three laft bookes con-
taining but fome fixe /heeccs of paper, either
of them ^e /old by the Authors and their
Fafiors for two (hillings or halfea crowne a
piece*
S o L I L o Q^v I B s, by R. T.
The Rosary Of Ovr Ladt.
Meditations VponThb
Rosary.
An Exposition OfThi
R O S ART.
Thb Mysteries OjThi
Rosary,
AnI N TRO DTCTION To A D iVOVT
Li F 1,
96
^ (jttdogue of ^op'tjh !Bookes.
L I F B, by /• Tarke] a Icfuite now in London.
Mi RACLisNor YetChashd, by
P. L. P. a falclelFe bookc.
TheKbyOfParadis*.
A Ha AVHNLY TriasvuyOfCom-
FOR TABLE MlDlTATlONS, by Lyifttha.
Ban, a Frier novf in London.
The Word Of Comfort, written
vpon occafion of the fall of the houfe at the
Black-Friers.
The Vn casing Of HsRBsiBjby
0. i^.
The Trias ryOf Chastity^
ThiWiddovves Glassb.
The EcctEsiASTicAtL ProTi-
sTANTs HisTOR Y,by D. Smith.
The Grovnds OfThb OldAmd
New Religion.
Thb Hidden Manna*
The W a i-« «> a. X m e- S JLZ >J T S, 0ff
The Little Memo rial l.
An Overthrow Op Thb Pro-
testants PVLPI T-Ba B E L8«
TheVnitii Of Gods Cmvrch,
by one Matter -y/^/s^wa Icfuite now in London.
Poi NT B RS M E DIT AT ion S*
The Proofb Op Pvrgatort.
A Comfort Against TribVla-
TION.
LbdismbHis Catbchismb, late-
ly printed heere in England.
The
jiQatalogue of Topif? Sooks.
. .
97
Of Th
fi
Thh Reconciibment
Dalmatian Bishop,
ThI Pons POVVBR,
THfiLifEOr Saint Bbds,
A Treatise Of Frb b- W ill, by
Dodor Kelltfon Rc(ftor of the CoUedgc at D^wAy
and now in London.
ThiSacrambntsOf The Ga-
TMO LICK CHVILCH,byF,^.P.
Davyes His Catbchismb.
Th b Visibility OfTheChvrc h.
Thb Catholick Gvidb,
A Trbatisb Against Thb
Marriagb Of Pr I b s t s , by ^PJ^;ia
Icfuite.
AGao-oe Of ThiNbvv Gospel,
A Se C ON D G A GG B.
The Honovr Op Go ly ^hy K^nthny
Clerk f. An idle frothy bookc 5 by a brayn-ficke
man. <^|^
The Prelate And Thb Pringb,
alcditiousbooke.
Thb Rvles Ojf OaiDiBNcB,by
Saint Peters KiYBs^by Edmund
Gill^lciuke.
Saint Avgvstines Religion,
written by Brerety ^znd reprinted.
JThb Reformbd Protestant,
by Brerely. There was a Printing-fioufe fuppreft
about Tome three yecres fince in Ldncajhire^
O where
5>S
A Qatdlogue o/TopiJh !Books .
wliccc alJ Brercly his workes, with many other
* Popifh pamphlcts,wercprinte4*
The ViRGiNAtL V oyy^hy F,S:
T H 5 M I R R O V R O F • W O M B N.
M B D I T A T I O N S O N T H E P A S S I O N,
A D I A L OO VH B B T VV I X T O VR S A-
viovR And Thh Saints.
Observation $, concerning the prefent
affaires of ffallanJ^and thevnitcd Prouinces, by
Tkb Ingratitvde Of Eliza-
bet h Of En gland V N t o P h i l i p
O F S P A I N E,
Tub Spirit O f Er ko vr, by D.
Smith,
Meditations On Ovr Savi-
ovRS Words On The CroSse.
E V E R Y S A I N T S P R A y E R.
T H»E C A T HOlICKS CrOWNE.
The Three Conversions re-
printed jwriccen by F. Parfons.
Granadobs Memorial l.
Gr A N A DO B S^ G CMP B NDI V M«
GrakadobsMbditations, Tran-
flated.>
The Li pi And Death OpCar-
D I N A i L B B L t A R M I- J*E» •
Th B Shedding O p T e a r is.
Parsons R i $ o l v ti o n s ^ reprinted
S I o N 8 S o K^ s, or the melody of the
BfefTed. The
[
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\^&m
^ (Catalogue o/TopiJh ^ooksl
90
The Daily Practice.
The Enemies Of God, by M,
Barhw a Pricfl: now in London.
Thk Holy TkiVmph.
The Prosperity Of The Visi-
b l h c h vr c h,
The Manvall Of PaAYfiRSjrc-
prir>tedi
A Watch vv OR ©,by F. Bdhr.
The Apologist, by RicbardCfinway.
ATreatisb Of The Invoca-
tion And Adoration OpSaint S3
by Thomas Lee.
The Principles Or Catho-
lic K c RELIGION, by xichard Sunni-
hurji.
Of Th b Co n V brs I o n O f N at r-
o N s 5 of the Miracles, of the Martyrdomes,
and of the vnion of the members of the Ca-
tholi«#S(Ehurch,by Qc&rgCK^lknJm Icfuire.
ATreatisi Of Trvb Zbaie.
F. CM^ vryHis Rbli q^v b s 5 fome-
what found in^hisftudy after his death.
Flagi L L VM D E lyOX A S'WordforComrA'
dicf$rs:znd\cv^o^^s parr pHle^ wri ten by P,D,M.
C o F F I v^againd D. Hall his booke, inti-
tuled The Honour ef the mArriedClergie.
W A L S J H G HA M , H 1 S S B A R C H, in
qUATtO^
W A L p o o L F, againft Doifior Do^nkam^oi
K^micbritjt,
O 2 Fox
s>,s
mmm
i
t
FoxHis Calbmdar, reprinted jifffff
Fit z-H e r b b r t, of Policy and Religion,
reprinted. j
TrbatisiOp Faith, by F. Percy.
Faults efcaped, "
Page J. a bloody cataftrophe.
18. Hell,
40 y ceres
poyfon
JEfcuUj?.
blood
2T.
jr.
39
44
44
alyc
Seth.
4 J bare appareh.
44. 4f^
4^^. Sword of luitice.
47* one
48. Hell,
5 J who,
57, his,
61. found
70. one,
87. of heart,
19. wrf/*^. fpeafeing,
dele.
Rome.
izyeares.
fojlbn.
Cyhde.
bled
4J«
a lowd-ringmg lye,
jiieph.
bare nocfe.
J4.
dele.
dele.
t ^tf-'
'f.
their.
Ifond.
dele^
ofyouth.
atheifticall fcoffing.
8i» Two lines left out: the words are, Thismyfelft udthcn
fee, together with two or three hundreth more, prefent at that
meeting.
6j "Horwifh. Korth-tvitch.
gz. InmA/g, P.M. V, Me.
76. Inmtitg. omitted.
This reiierShd Bi(hop$ moft pious and conflant departure, was
related by his worthy fonneatPxK//Croflc:againftthefinccre
Truth whereof, I dpc not hearc ttat any of thofe dogs can bark.
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